.Explanation
This legislation authorizes the City Attorney to modify an agreement for special legal counsel services with representatives of the law firm of Carlile, Patchen & Murphy, L.L.P. and to expend the sum of $105,000.000 from the General Fund.
FISCAL IMPACT: Sufficient appropriation is available in Object Level One 03 for this requested expenditure.
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to modify an agreement for special legal counsel services with representatives of the law firm of Carlile, Patchen & Murphy, L.L.P. and to authorize the expenditure of the sum of One Hundred Five Thousand Dollars and no/cents ($105,000.00).
Body
WHEREAS, funds are available in the General Fund within the office of the City Attorney for various legal expenses, and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus has been named a party in certain litigation pending in the Franklin County Common Pleas Court and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio; and
WHEREAS, it has been necessary for the City to obtain special legal counsel services to assist it in the defense of such litigation and to that end Council on November 24, 1997, by Ordinance No. 2833-97 did authorize the City Attorney to enter into an agreement with representatives of the law firm of Carlile, Patchen & Murphy, L.L.P. to provide for such services; and now therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO:
SECTION 1. That the City Attorney be and hereby is authorized to modify Contract No. PC-19248 with representatives of the law firm of Carlile, Patchen & Murphy, L.L.P. for special legal counsel services in connection with litigation pending in the Franklin County Common Pleas Court and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
SECTION 2. That the City Attorney be and hereby is authorized and approved to expend One Hundred Five Thousand Dollars and no/cents ($105,000.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, in accordance with the terms and conditions of such agreement as follows:
Div/Dept 24-01
Fund 010
Object level 1 03
Object level 3 3324
OCA Code 240101
Amount $105,000.00
SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.