Title
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 Special Tax Counsel
Entity Name: Wisniewski & Associates, LLC
Entity Address: 17 Main Street, Sayreville, New Jersey 08872
Contract Amount: $115,000.00
Funding Source: 2018 Budget/Law Department
Contract Period: January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open (X) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Original Resolution 7R6-v(S), adopted on December 27, 2017.
First Amendment to increase the contract amount by $15,000.00, for a total contract amount not to exceed $115,000.00.
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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-v(S), adopted on December 27, 2017, awarded a contract to Wisniewski & Associates, LLC, 17 Main Street, Sayreville, New Jersey 08872, to serve as Special Tax Counsel for matters that were currently being handled by Wisniewski & Associates, LLC and any new matters that may arise during the contract term, in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($100,000.00), for the period of January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018; and
WHEREAS, Wisniewski & Associates, LLC, will have outstanding legal bills for the remainder of the contract year, which when paid will exhaust the total contract amount; and
WHEREAS, Wisniewski & Associates, LLC, continues to vigorously defend the City of Newark in tax appeal cases in which bills will be...
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