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Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: To provide legal services concerning the acquisition of parcels of property for the construction of Combined Sewer Overflow Solids/Floatables Control Facilities .
Entity Name: Gluck Walrath, LLP
Entity Address: 428 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, New Jersey 08611
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $45,000.00 (Original contract amount of $30,000.00, increased by $15,000.00)
Funding Source: City of Newark/Water and Sewer Utilities
Contract Period: August 1, 2013 through July 31, 2014
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Original resolution/contract 7R12-a adopted on December 18, 2013 (Period: 8/1/13 - 7/31/14)
Replacing original contract to increase the amount by $15,000.00 for a new total contract amount not to exceed $45,000.00.
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark has entered into an Administrative Consent Order with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection that requires the City to construct Combined Sewer Overflow Solids/Floatables Control Facilities on specific parcels of property on which the outfall pipes exist; and
WHEREAS, the Administrative Consent Order requires the acquisition of such parcels of property through various legal channels; and
WHEREAS, the City has a need to acquire legal services to accomplish such acquisitions; and
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 City of Newark by Resolution 7R12-a adopted on December 1...
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