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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 Tax Appeals Counsel.
Entity Name: Nowell, P.A.
Entity Address: 155 Polifly Road, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $37,000.00
Funding Source: 2021 Budget/Law Department
Contract Period: January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021
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:
Resolution 7R6-b adopted on June 2, 2021, awarded a contract for the period January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021, in an amount not to exceed $25,000.00.
This Resolution will increase the contract amount by $12,000.00, for a total contract amount not to exceed $37,000.00.
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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, by Resolution 7R6-b, adopted on June 2, 2021, awarded a contract to Nowell, P.A., 155 Polifly Road, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601, to provide legal services concerning Tax Appeals matters, in an amount not to exceed Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($25,000.00), for a period of January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021; and
WHEREAS, Nowell, P.A., has outstanding legal bills, which has exhausted the total contract amount; and; and
WHEREAS, Nowell, P.A., continues to vigorously defend the City of Newark in Tax Appeals matters in which bills have been submitted and will be submitted for the remainder of the contract year; and
WHEREAS, the outstanding legal bills and anticipated b...
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