Title
Dept/ Agency: Water & Sewer Utilities
Action: () Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: Legal Services
Entity Name: Gluck Walrath, LLP
Entity Address: 428 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, New Jersey 08611
Contract Amount: Not to Exceed $30,000.00
Funding Source: City of Newark/Water and Sewer Utilities
Contract Period: August 1, 2013 through July 31, 2014
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( X ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark (City) has entered into an Administrative Consent Order (ACO) with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and said ACO requires that the City construct Combined Sewer Overflow Solids/Floatables Control Facilities on specific parcels of property on which the outfall pipes exist; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 7R12-a(S), adopted on September 21, 2010, the Municipal Council authorized the City to enter into a contract with the Law Firm of Gluck Walrath LLP, 428 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, New Jersey 08611, for the period of January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010, for an amount not to exceed $75,000.00, to represent the City in the negotiation with the owners of the needed parcels or their attorneys, to acquire said parcels and if negotiations fail, to perform the legal services required to acquire the parcels through eminent domain and is satisfied with the legal services rendered; and
WHEREAS, the agreement with Gluck Walrath LLP authorized by the Municipal Council pursuant to Resolution 7R12-a(S) was only approved in the ninth month of the year for which the contract was awarded resulting in inadequate time to complete the acquisition of the needed parcels and an unspent balance on the contract in th...
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