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Dept/ Agency: Office of the Mayor
Action: (X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Service Contract
Purpose: To serve as Per Diem Public Defender for the Newark Municipal Court representing indigent defenders
Entity Name: Jason A. Dennis, Esq.
Entity Address: 331 Newman Springs Road, Bldg. #1, Red Bank, New Jersey 07701
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $17,000.00
Funding Source: 2019 Budget/Office of the Mayor
Contract Period: January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019
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 is in need of Per Diem Attorneys to serve as Municipal Public Defenders to be assigned to cases in the Newark Municipal Court; and
WHEREAS, legal services are professional services, exempt from the requirement for public bidding, pursuant to the Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A.:11-5(1)(a)(i); and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark desires to enter into a contract with Jason A. Dennis, Esq., 331 Newman Springs Road, Building #1-Suite 143-4th Floor, Red Bank, New Jersey 07701, to serve as a Per Diem Municipal Public Defender for the Newark Municipal Court, representing indigent defendants, for an amount not to exceed seventeen thousand dollars and zero cents ($17,000.00), for the period commencing January 1, 2019 and terminating December 31, 2019; and
WHEREAS, this contract is for an amount under seventeen thousand, five hundred dollars and zero cents ($17,500.00) and therefore is not subject to State Pay-to-Play Law (N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.5); and
WHEREAS, this contract is being awarded as a Professional Service pursuant to the provisions of the State Local Public Contracts Law (N.J.S....
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