City of Columbus - File #: 0460-2004

• File #: 0460-2004
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/27/2004
• In control: Safety Committee
• On agenda: 3/15/2004
• Final action: 3/17/2004
• Title: To authorize the City Attorney to contract with Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, LLP for legal services in connection with JS Stores, Inc. (Jacobson Stores Inc.), Case No. 02-40957, in the United States Bankruptcy Court, to waive the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus Codes, to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) for said purposes, and to declare an emergency.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/17/2004	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
3/16/2004	1	MAYOR	Signed
3/15/2004	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
3/15/2004	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
3/5/2004	1	Atty Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/5/2004	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Sent for Approval
3/5/2004	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/5/2004	1	Atty Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/5/2004	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
3/5/2004	1	Atty Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
3/4/2004	1	Atty Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/4/2004	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
3/4/2004	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/3/2004	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/2/2004	1	Atty Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/2/2004	1	Atty Drafter	Sent for Approval	Pass
3/2/2004	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved

Explanation

This ordinance will authorize the City Attorney to enter into a contract for special legal services, on behalf of the City's Finance Department, with the law firm of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, LLP, to represent the City's interests in connection with the JS Stores, Inc. (Jacobson's) bankruptcy proceedings, Case No. 02- 40957, before the United States Bankruptcy Court in the Eastern District of the State of Michigan.

Fiscal Impact: Funds are available within the Auditor's Office accounts for these purposes.

Title

To authorize the City Attorney to contract with Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, LLP for legal services in connection with JS Stores, Inc. (Jacobson Stores Inc.), Case No. 02-40957, in the United States Bankruptcy Court, to waive the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus Codes, to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) for said purposes, and to declare an emergency.

Body

WHEREAS, funds are available in the Auditor's Office accounts for these legal expenses; and

WHEREAS, the City is party to a Bankruptcy proceeding, being Case No. 02-40957, in the United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District, Southern Division, State of Michigan; and

WHEREAS, City Attorney Richard C. Pfeiffer, Jr. desires to enter into a contract for special legal services with Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, LLP to assist in the City's representation in that proceeding; and

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the daily operation of the City Attorney's office in that pleadings and hearings have already been filed and scheduled in this matter, and protection of the City's interests depends upon the immediate retention of counsel to defend the City's interests; now therefore

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO:

Section 1. That the City Attorney be, and he is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with the law firm of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pea...