File #: 20-0349    Version: 1 Name: Resolution/Contract - Financial Advisor - PRAG
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 2/28/2020 In control: Finance
On agenda: 3/10/2020 Final action: 3/10/2020
Title: Dept/ Agency: Finance Action: (X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Professional Service Contract Purpose: To provide Financial Advisory Services. Entity Name: Public Resources Advisory Group, Inc. Entity Address: 39 Broadway, Suite 1210, New York, New York 10006 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $350,000.00 Funding Source: Bond Proceeds Contract Period: March 1, 2020 through February 28, 2021 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open (X ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: The vendor will be paid from Bond Proceeds. No Certification of Funds required. The contract will not exceed $350,000.00 among three (3) vendors.
Sponsors: Council of the Whole
Title
Dept/ Agency: Finance
Action: (X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Service Contract
Purpose: To provide Financial Advisory Services.
Entity Name: Public Resources Advisory Group, Inc.
Entity Address: 39 Broadway, Suite 1210, New York, New York 10006
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $350,000.00
Funding Source: Bond Proceeds
Contract Period: March 1, 2020 through February 28, 2021
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open (X ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
The vendor will be paid from Bond Proceeds.
No Certification of Funds required.
The contract will not exceed $350,000.00 among three (3) vendors.

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WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the "City") is in need of Financial Advisors to counsel and assist the City of Newark with regards to bond and note issuance, sales and auctions; and

WHEREAS, such Financial Advisors are part of a highly regulated financial industry, licensed by various regulatory authorities; as such, those services are professional services, exempt from the requirements of 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 wishes to enter into a professional services contract with Public Resources Advisory Group, Inc., 39 Broadway, Suite 1210, New York, New York 10006, for an amount not to exceed Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($350,000.00) among three (3) vendors. It is expressly agreed that the City is not obligated to expend any monies or incur any expenses under this contract. For specific financing such as bond and/or note issues, the fee will be calculated at a rate of $0.75 per $1,000.00 of par value with a minimum of $45,000.00 for Bonds Financings and $25,000.00 for Notes Financings of the p...

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