Title
Dept/ Agency: Water & Sewer Utilities
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( X ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: Legal Services for acquisition of properties for the new Combined Sewer Overflow CSO Facilities
Entity Name: Gluck Walrath, LLP
Entity Address: 428 River View Plaza, Trenton, NJ 08611
Contract Amount: $35,556.59
Funding Source: NW044-G95-S65Q-9471-B2001
Contract Period: January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012
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 (City) has entered into an Administrative Consent Order (ACO) with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and said ACO requires that the City construct Combined Sewer Overflow Solids/Floatables Control Facilities on specific parcels of property on which the outfall pipes exist; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 7R12-a(S) adopted on September 21, 2010, the Municipal Council authorized the City of Newark to enter into a contract with the law firm of Gluck Walrath, LLP, with offices at 428 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, New Jersey 08611, for the period of January 1, 2010 until December 31, 2010 for an amount not to exceed $75,000.00, to handle the negotiation with the owners of the needed parcels or their attorneys, to acquire said parcels needed for construction of the CSO Facilities and if negotiations fail, to perform the legal services required to acquire the parcels through eminent domain; and
WHEREAS, since the above agreement with Gluck Walrath, LLP was approved in the ninth month of 2010 it resulted in an inadequate amount of time to complete the acquisition of the needed parcels; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 7R12-d adopted on September 8, 2011, the City of Newa...
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