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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: First Amendment to the Agreement to Provide Legal Services as Litigation Defense to Increase Contract Amount by $42,000.00
Entity Name: Michael A. Armstrong & Associates, LLC.
Entity Address: 79 Bainbridge Lane, Willingboro, New Jersey 08046
Contract Amount: $117,000.00
Funding Source: 2017 Budget/Law Department
Contract Period: January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
(X) Fair & Open (X) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Contract Awarded by Resolution 7R6-n adopted on January 5, 2017 for $75,000.00; Increasing Contract Amount by $42,000.00, for a Total Contract Amount Not to Exceed $117,000.00
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WHEREAS, legal services are professional services and are exempt from the requirements for public bidding pursuant to the Local Public Contracts Law, more specifically, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i); and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council of the City of Newark, by Resolution 7R6-n, adopted on January 5, 2017, awarded a contract to Michael A. Armstrong & Associates, LLC., 79 Bainbridge Lane, Willingboro, New Jersey 07046, to serve as Litigation Defense Counsel for matters that were currently being handled by Michael Armstrong & Associates, LLC and any new matters that may arise during the contract term, in an amount not to exceed Seventy-Five Thousand ($75,000.00) Dollars and Zero Cents, for the period of January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017; and
WHEREAS, Michael A. Armstrong & Associates, LLC, currently has outstanding legal bills for 2017 and pending litigation matters, which will exhaust the total contract amount; and
WHEREAS, Michael A. Armstrong & Associates, LLC, continues to vigorously defend the Cit...
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