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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 Conflict Counsel to Increase Contract Amount by $65,000.00
Entity Name Eric S. Pennington, PC
Entity Address: One Gateway Center, Suite 105, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Contract Amount: $85,000.00
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-j, adopted on January 7, 2015; Increasing Contract Amount by $65,000.00, 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-j, adopted on January 7, 2015, awarded a contract to Eric S. Pennington, PC, One Gateway Center, Suite 105, Newark, New Jersey 07102, to serve as Conflict Counsel for matters that are currently being handled by Eric S. Pennington, PC and any new matters that may arise during the contract term, in an amount not to exceed Eighty-Five Thousand ($85,000.00) Dollars and Zero Cents, 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, Eric S. Pennington, PC, currently has outstanding legal bills for 2015 ...
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