File #: 14-1916    Version: 1 Name: Professional Services Nowell Amoroso Contract amendment
Type: Resolution Status: Filed
File created: 11/9/2014 In control: Law
On agenda: 11/17/2014 Final action: 11/17/2014
Title: Dept/ Agency: Law Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( X ) Amending Type of Service: Professional Services Contract (Resolution 7R7-t December 18, 2013) Purpose: First Amendment to the Agreement to Provide Legal Services to serve as Special Tax Counsel Entity Name: Nowell Amoroso Klein Bierman, P.A. Entity Address: 155 Polify Road, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 Contract Amount: An amount not to exceed $275,000.00 Funding Source: City of Newark Budget/Law Department Contract Period: January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & (X) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: Increasing the contract amount by $50,000.00, not to exceed $325,000.00
Sponsors: Council of the Whole
Title
Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( X ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract (Resolution 7R7-t December 18, 2013)
Purpose: First Amendment to the Agreement to Provide Legal Services to serve as Special Tax Counsel
Entity Name: Nowell Amoroso Klein Bierman, P.A.
Entity Address: 155 Polify Road, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601
Contract Amount: An amount not to exceed $275,000.00
Funding Source: City of Newark Budget/Law Department
Contract Period: January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & (X) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Increasing the contract amount by $50,000.00, not to exceed $325,000.00

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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 of the City of Newark by Resolution 7R7-t, adopted on December 18, 2013, awarded a contract to, Nowell Amoroso Klein Bierman, P.A., 155 Polify Road, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601, to serve as Special Tax Counsel for matters that were currently being handled by Nowell Amoroso Klein Bierman P.A. and any new matters that may arise during the contract term, in an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Seventy Five Thousand ($275,000.00) Dollars, for the period of January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014; and

WHEREAS, Nowell Amoroso Klein Bierman, P.A., have outstanding legal bills, which when paid will exhaust the total contract amount; and

WHEREAS, Nowell Amoroso Klein Bierman, P.A., continues to vigorously represent the City of Newark in several cases in which bills will be submitted for the months of October, November and Dece...

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