City of Columbus - File #: 0528-2006

• File #: 0528-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/1/2006
• In control: Safety Committee
• On agenda: 4/3/2006
• Final action: 4/5/2006
• Title: To authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer One hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) within the general fund from the Finance and Management Department to the City Attorney's Office, to authorize the City Attorney to modify an agreement for special legal counsel services with representatives of the law firm of Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, to authorize the expenditure of the sum of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00), and to declare an emergency.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/5/2006	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
4/4/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
4/3/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
4/3/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
3/10/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
3/10/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/10/2006	1	Atty Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/10/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
3/10/2006	1	Atty Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
3/9/2006	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Disapproved
3/9/2006	1	Atty Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/9/2006	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Sent for Approval
3/9/2006	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/9/2006	1	Atty Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/6/2006	1	Atty Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/3/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
3/3/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/1/2006	1	Atty Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

This legislation authorizes the City Attorney to modify an agreement for special legal counsel services with representatives of the law firm of Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur in the case of James G. Jackson v. City of Columbus, et. al., and to expend the sum of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.000) from the General Fund.

Fiscal Impact: Funds are budgeted and available in the Finance and Management citywide account for claims, settlements and outside counsel.

This modification No. 11 is for $150,000.00.
Total contract amount including this modification will be $1,655,000.00.

Title

To authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer One hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) within the general fund from the Finance and Management Department to the City Attorney's Office, to authorize the City Attorney to modify an agreement for special legal counsel services with representatives of the law firm of Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, to authorize the expenditure of the sum of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00), and to declare an emergency.

Body

WHEREAS, the City of Columbus has been named a party in certain litigation pending in the Franklin County Common Pleas Court; 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. 2834-97 did authorize the City Attorney to enter into an agreement with representatives of the law firm of Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur to provide for such services; and

WHEREAS, the total amount of this modification #11 is One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) bringing the total contract amount, including this modification, to One Million Six Hundred Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars ($1,665,000.00); and

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City in that it is immediately necessary for the ...