File #: 15-1621    Version: 1 Name: Contract with Wisniewski & Associates
Type: Resolution Status: Filed
File created: 8/20/2015 In control: Law
On agenda: 9/2/2015 Final action: 9/2/2015
Title: 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 Special Tax Counsel, to Increase Contract Amount by $100,000.00 Entity Name: Wisniewski & Associates, LLC Entity Address: 17 Main Street, Sayreville, New Jersey 08872 Contract Amount: $50,000.00 Funding Source: City of Newark Budget/Law Department Contract Period: January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015 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: Contract Awarded - Resolution 7R7-a, adopted on January 7, 2015; Increasing Contract Amount by $100,000.00, not to exceed $150,000.00
Sponsors: Council of the Whole
Title
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 Special Tax Counsel, to Increase Contract Amount by $100,000.00
Entity Name: Wisniewski & Associates, LLC
Entity Address: 17 Main Street, Sayreville, New Jersey 08872
Contract Amount: $50,000.00
Funding Source: City of Newark Budget/Law Department
Contract Period: January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015
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:
Contract Awarded - Resolution 7R7-a, adopted on January 7, 2015; Increasing Contract Amount by $100,000.00, not to exceed $150,000.00
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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-a, adopted on January 7, 2015, awarded a contract to Wisniewski & Associates, LLC, 17 Main Street, Sayreville, New Jersey 08872, to serve as Special Tax Counsel for matters that are currently being handled by Wisniewski & Associates, LLC and any new matters that may arise during the contract term, in an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($50,000.00), for the period of January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015; and

WHEREAS, the contract was awarded in compliance with Local Public Contracts Law, and through the fair and open process of State Pay-to-Play, and in compliance with Reform Ordinance 2:4-22c; and

WHEREAS, Wisniewski & Associates, LLC, currently has outstanding legal bills for 2015 and pen...

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