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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Pre-Litigation Settlement of Civil Claim
Docket No.: N/A
Claimant: Joseph Smentkowski, Inc., 160 James Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey 07306
Claimant's Attorney: John Chiaia, Esquire
Attorney's Address: 277 Fairfield Road, Suite 120, Fairfield, New Jersey 07004
Settlement Amount: $399,000.00
Funding Source: 2018 Budget/Department of Public Works, Division of Sanitation
Additional Comments:
This resolution and settlement agreement resolves all outstanding invoices for Joseph Smentkowski, Inc., for the recycling services it rendered from February 1, 2018 through April 30, 2018.
Invitation: Acting Corporation Counsel
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark, Department of Public Works, Division of Sanitation (the "City"), was in need of Recycling Services (Curbside Pick-Up); and
WHEREAS, on December 6, 2016, the City publically bid a contract for Recycling Services (Curbside Pick-Up). Two (2) bids were received on February 2, 2017 and are currently being reviewed, but a contract has not yet been awarded; and
WHEREAS, pending the award of the above contract, Joseph Smentkowski, Inc., 160 James Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey 07306, provided Recycling Services (Curbside Pick-Up) to the City of Newark, for the period of February 1, 2018 through April 30, 2018, in an effort to ensure and help the City meet its recycling obligations throughout the City for the health, safety and welfare of its citizens; and
WHEREAS, Joseph Smentkowski, Inc., submitted a demand for payment for the Recycling Services (Curbside Pick-Up) it had provided to the Department of Public Works, Division of Sanitation, during the period of February 1, 2018 through April 30, 2018; and
WHEREAS, Joseph Smentkowski, Inc., submitted with its demand notice invoices totaling Three Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand Dollars and Zero Cent...
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