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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Pre-Litigation Settlement
Docket No.: Not Applicable
Claimant: Justice Innovation, Inc., 520 8th Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, New York 10018
Claimant's Attorney: Not Applicable
Settlement Amount: $424,390.38
Funding Source: 2024 Budget/Office of the Mayor, Municipal Court/Fund 011, Dept. 200, Div. 2001, Account #97520, Budget Ref. B2024
Additional Information:
This Settlement Agreement resolves all outstanding invoices/fees for Justice Innovation, Inc., for professional services provided to the City's municipal court system from January 1, 2024 through and including June 30, 2024.
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WHEREAS, from January 1, 2024 through June 30, 2024, the City of Newark (the "City") utilized the professional services of Justice Innovation, Inc. (the "Plaintiff") in its municipal court system; and
WHEREAS, there remains an outstanding balance for the services provided to the City from January 1, 2024 through and including June 30, 2024; and
WHEREAS, to avoid the costly expense of litigation, the City's Corporation Counsel, on behalf of the City and Justice Innovation, Inc., (the "Parties"), desire to amicably resolve this matter with payment by the City of the settlement sum, in exchange for the Plaintiff's execution of the Settlement Agreement and Release (attached) as a full and complete release of the matter; and
WHEREAS, a settlement proposal has been made to resolve this claim by payment in the total amount of Four Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Three Hundred Ninety Dollars and Thirty-Eight Cents ($424,390.38) ("Settlement Sum"), and execution of a Settlement Agreement and Release; and
WHEREAS, the City's Corporation Counsel, based upon all facts and circumstances surrounding the matter, deems it is in the best interest of the City to resolve this matter by payment in the amount set forth above.
NOW, THEREFORE...
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