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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Civil Litigation - Pre-suit Settlement
Docket No.: N/A
Claimant: Millenium Tree Services and Landscape Design, Inc., 758 Degraw Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07104
Claimant's Attorney: N/A
Attorney's Address: N/A
Settlement Amount: $641,500.00
Funding Source: 2017 Budget/Department of Public Works, Division of Sanitation.
Account Code Line: NW011-066-0663-71690
Additional Comments:
This resolution and settlement agreement resolves all outstanding invoices for Millenium Tree Services and Landscape Design, Inc., for the tree removal services it rendered from September 1, 2017 through November 30, 2017
Invitation: Acting Corporation Counsel
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark, Department of Public Works, Division of Sanitation, was in need of Tree Removal Services; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 7R1-v, adopted by the Newark Municipal Council at its May 2, 2012, Regular Meeting, authorized the Purchasing Director to enter into a contract with Millenium Tree Services and Landscape Design, Inc., 758 Degraw Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07104, to provide Tree Removal Services for the City for a two-year term commencing June 2, 2012 and terminating on May 31, 2014, for an amount not to exceed $500,000.00; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 7R1-v adopted by the Newark Municipal Council at its May 2, 2012, Regular Meeting, was extended by the Central Purchasing Director on multiple occasions, the most recent extension being until September 30, 2017; and
WHEREAS, Millenium Tree Services and Landscape Design, Inc., has continued to provide Tree Removal Services through November 30, 2017, in an effort to ensure and help the City meet its obligation to maintain its trees throughout the City for the health, safety and welfare of its citizens; and
WHEREAS, On January 3, 2018, Millenium Tree Services and Landscape...
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