File #: 23-0420    Version: 1 Name: Spiro, Harrison & Nelson, LLC 2023 Professional Services Contract
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 3/13/2023 In control: Economic and Housing Development
On agenda: 4/19/2023 Final action: 4/19/2023
Title: Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Professional Services Contract Purpose: To provide legal services for Redevelopment/Land Use Matters. Entity Name: Spiro, Harrison and Nelson, LLC Entity Address: Two Bridge Avenue, Suite 322, Red Bank, New Jersey 07701 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $250,000.00 Funding Source: 2022 Budget/Department of Economic and Housing Development/NW026, Account #32100, B2022 Contract Period: March 12, 2023 through March 11, 2024 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS (X) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP (X) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information:
Sponsors: Council of the Whole

Title

Dept/ Agency:  Economic and Housing Development

Action:  (X) Ratifying     (X) Authorizing     (   ) Amending

Type of Service:  Professional Services Contract

Purpose: To provide legal services for Redevelopment/Land Use Matters.

Entity Name: Spiro, Harrison and Nelson, LLC

Entity Address: Two Bridge Avenue, Suite 322, Red Bank, New Jersey 07701

Contract Amount: Not to exceed $250,000.00

Funding Source: 2022 Budget/Department of Economic and Housing Development/NW026, Account #32100, B2022

Contract Period: March 12, 2023 through March 11, 2024

Contract Basis: (   ) Bid   (   ) State Vendor   (X) Prof.  Ser.   (   ) EUS  

(X) Fair & Open   (   ) No Reportable Contributions   (   ) RFP   (X) RFQ

(   ) Private Sale   (   ) Grant   (   ) Sub-recipient   (   ) n/a   

Additional Information: 

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WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the “City”) is involved in ongoing legal matters and therefore has a need to acquire Legal Services; and

 

WHEREAS, Legal Services are Professional Services, exempt from the requirement for public bidding, pursuant to the Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i); and

 

WHEREAS, the Department of Economic and Housing Development of the City caused to be published, on the City of Newark’s website, a Notice of Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) for Special Counsel concerning Redevelopment and Land Use Matters on or about October 24, 2022; and

 

WHEREAS, the City received a total of two (2) proposals in response to its request by the RFQ due date on November 7, 2022; and

 

WHEREAS, Spiro, Harrison & Nelson, LLC, Two Bridge Avenue, Suite 322, Red Bank, New Jersey 07701, submitted a proposal which was found, based upon price and other factors, to be in the best interest of the City to accept for the purpose of providing legal services concerning Redevelopment/Land Use Matters; and

 

                     WHEREAS, the City wishes to enter into a contract with Spiro, Harrison & Nelson, LLC, to provide Legal Services for Redevelopment/Land Use Matters in an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($250,000.00), for the period of March 12,  2023 through March 11, 2024; and

 

                     WHEREAS, Local Public Contracts Law (N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq.) requires that notice of the award of contracts for “Professional Services” without competitive bidding must be published in a local newspaper; and

 

                     WHEREAS, this contract is for an amount over $17,500.00 and is being awarded as a Fair and Open Contract pursuant to N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.5; and

 

                     

 

WHEREAS, the Municipal Council adopted New Jersey Municipal Code § 2:4-22C.1, which adopted the State of New Jersey's Pay-to-Play statutory requirements pursuant to N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.5, as may be amended and supplemented, governing eligibility for municipal contracts.

 

 

                     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:

 

1.                     The Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designee, the Corporation Counsel, are hereby authorized on behalf of the City of Newark to enter into and execute a contract with Spiro, Harrison & Nelson, LLC, Two Bridge Avenue, Suite 322, Red Bank, New Jersey 07701, to provide legal services concerning Redevelopment/Land Use Matters in an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($250,000.00), for the period of March 12, 2023 through March 11, 2024.

2.                      The Contract between the City of Newark and Spiro, Harrison & Nelson, LLC, is hereby ratified from March 12, 2023 to the date of adoption of this authorizing resolution.

3.                     This contract is being awarded pursuant to the Fair and Open Procedures of the State Pay-to-Play Law (N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.5) and the Local Public Contracts Law (N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i)) and is in compliance with the Contractor Pay-to-Play Reform Ordinance, R.O. 2:4-22C.

4.                     Attached hereto is a Certification of Funds from the Director of the Department of Finance, which states that: 1) there are sufficient funds in the amount of $250,000.00 for the purpose set forth herein above; and 2) that the line appropriation of the Official Budget which shall be charged is:

 

Bus.Unit         Account#         BudgetRef.

NW026                             32100                                 B2023

 

5.                     The Corporation Counsel shall file a copy of the executed contract in the Office of the City Clerk and the same shall be made available for public inspection.

 

6.                     A notice of this action shall be published in the newspaper authorized by law to publish a legal advertisement and as required by law within ten (10) days of the adoption of this resolution.

                     

 

STATEMENT

 

This resolution ratifies and authorizes the Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designee, the Corporation Counsel, on behalf of the City of Newark, to enter into and execute a contract for legal services for Redevelopment/Land Use Matters with Spiro, Harrison & Nelson, LLC, Two Bridge Avenue, Suite 322, Red Bank, New Jersey 07701, in an amount not to exceed $250,000.00, for the period of March 12, 2023 through March 11, 2024.