File #: 21651    Version: 0 Name: Ron Jurgeson legal services agreement (BOE)
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 6/6/2024 In control: Finance and Audit Committee
On agenda: 6/10/2024 Final action: 6/17/2024
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute an addendum to the Legal Services Agreement with Ronald L. Jurgeson of Lee's Summit, MO, at an additional cost to the County not to exceed $20,000.00.
Sponsors: Jeanie Lauer
Indexes: ADDENDUM, COUNTY COUNSELOR, LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
Attachments: 1. 21651BU, 2. 21651adopted.pdf, 3. 21651 Ron Jurgeson 14th Addendum to Legal Services
Related files: 21474, 21145

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

 

 

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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Counselor to execute an addendum to the Legal Services Agreement with Ronald L. Jurgeson of Lee’s Summit, MO, at an additional cost to the County not to exceed $20,000.00.

 

Intro

RESOLUTION NO. 21651, June 10, 2024

 

INTRODUCED BY Jeanie Lauer, County Legislator

 

Body

 WHEREAS, since 2016 the County Counselor has contracted with Ronald L. Jurgeson of Lee’s Summit, MO, to provide independent legal services and representation to the County’s Board of Equalization (BOE); and,

 

WHEREAS, by Resolution 21145, dated January 30, 2023, the Legislature did authorize an extension of this contract through December 31, 2023; and,

 

WHEREAS, by Resolution 21474, dated December 4, 2023, the Legislature did authorize an extension of this contract through January 31, 2024; and,

 

WHEREAS, the County Counselor now recommends an addendum to this contract to extend said agreement through July 31, 2024; and,

 

WHEREAS, the County Counselor now recommends an addendum to this contract to compensate Mr. Jurgeson for the time that will be necessary to adequately advise the BOE through the appeals dockets, at a cost to the County not to exceed $20,000.00; now therefore,

 

BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the County Executive be and hereby is authorized to execute an increase to the Legal Services Agreement with Ronald L. Jurgeson of Lee’s Summit, MO, for a term ending July 31, 2024, at an additional cost to the County not to exceed $20,000.00; and,

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of the Department of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make any and all payments required by the Agreement and all addenda thereto.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Enacted and Approved

Effective Date:  This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.

 

 

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

 

 

______________________________

County Counselor

 

Certificate of Passage

 

I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 21651 of June 10, 2024, was duly passed on

 

June 17, 2024 by the Jackson County Legislature.  The votes thereon were as follows:

 

 

Yeas ________8_________                                                               Nays _____1________

 

 

Abstaining _____0______                                                               Absent ______0______

 

 

 

 

__________________________                     ______________________________

Date                                                                                                                                                   Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature

 

 

Fiscal Note

There is a balance otherwise unencumbered to the credit of the appropriation to which the expenditure is chargeable and there is a cash balance otherwise unencumbered in the treasury to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made each sufficient to provide for the obligation herein authorized.

 

 

ACCOUNT NUMBER:                      001                     1101                     56020

ACCOUNT TITLE:                                          General Fund

                                                                                    County Counselors

                                                                                    Legal Services

NOT TO EXCEED:                                          $20,000.00

 

 

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Date                     Chief Administrative Officer