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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 Defendants
Entity Name: Dominic Iannarella, Esq.
Entity Address: 139 Lakeview Avenue, Clifton, New Jersey 07011
Contract Amount: An Amount not to Exceed $17,000.00
Funding Source: 2018 Budget/Office of the Mayor
Contract Period: January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
(X) 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 of public bidding, pursuant to the Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i); and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark desires to enter into a contract with Dominic Iannarella, Esq., 139 Lakeview Avenue, Clifton, New Jersey 07011, for Dominic Iannarella, Esq. to serve as a Per Diem Municipal Public Defender for the Newark Municipal Court, providing representation to indigent defendants, for an amount not to exceed Seventeen Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($17,000.00), for the period commencing on January 1, 2018, and terminating on December 31, 2018; and
WHEREAS, the Local Public Contracts Law (N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq.) requires that notice of the award of contracts for "Professional Services" without competitive bidding must be published in a local newspaper; and
WHEREAS, this contract is for an amount under $17,500.00 and therefore is not subject to the fair and open proced...
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