Explanation
BACKGROUND: The case of Carter v. City of Columbus, Case No. 23CV-01-107, pending in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, was filed on January 5, 2023, and named the City of Columbus and former and current city employees. Due to a potential conflict of interest in the representation of former employee Mario Martin and the City of Columbus, it was necessary for the City Attorney’s office to retain outside counsel to represent Mr. Martin. The City Attorney’s office entered into a special legal counsel contract with Crabbe, Brown & James LLP on February 8, 2023. On January 1, 2024, the law firm of Crabbe, Brown & James LLP became part of Amundsen Davis, LLC necessitating a modification to the contract and to PO382066 in order to continue to provide the statutorily required representation.
The original amount of the contract associated with PO382066 was $50,000.00 and there is a remainder of $33,566.00 existing on this contract. This is a modification to a current contract which was funded originally from the 2023 Recreation and Parks operating budget it is therefore requested that the remaining amount of $33,566.00 on the original PO382066 be restored to the ACPO resulting from this ordinance.
FISCAL IMPACT: This contract modification will be funded with funds canceled off of the original 2023 contract PO382066 and then restored on the resulting ACPO.
COMPANY: Amundsen Davis, LLC f/k/a Crabbe, Brown & James LLP 500 South Front Street, Suite 1200, Columbus, Ohio 43215
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to modify an existing contract for special legal counsel services with Amundsen Davis, LLC f/k/a Crabbe, Brown & James LLP, for the case Carter v. City of Columbus, Case No. 23CV-01-107, pending in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas; to authorize expenditures associated with the case incurred since the name change of January 1, 2024; to authorize the expenditure of $33,566.00 from the 2023 Recreation and Parks operating fun...
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