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File #: LM-2020-0248    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Order Status: Passed
File created: 6/18/2020 In control: City Clerk
On agenda: Final action: 8/3/2020
Title: ORDER APPROVING AN INCREASE IN THE MAXIMUM COMPENSATION FOR THE LAW FIRM OF HOWD & LUDORF, LLC FROM $99,500 TO $167,700 FROM GF 2019-2020 LINE ITEM 11331010-56696.
Attachments: 1. Cover Letter and Checklist, 2. Prior Notification Form, 3. Fiscal Impact Statement, 4. Amendment, 5. BOA Order, 6. LM-2020-0248

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ORDER APPROVING AN INCREASE IN THE MAXIMUM COMPENSATION FOR THE LAW FIRM OF HOWD & LUDORF, LLC FROM $99,500 TO $167,700 FROM GF 2019-2020 LINE ITEM 11331010-56696.

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WHEREAS, on December 6, 2019, the City of New Haven, Connecticut (the “City”) and the law firm of Howd & Ludorf, LLC (the “Contractor”) entered into a legal service agreement (A19-1172) to represent the City in general litigation, including but not limited to public liability lawsuits, conflict matters, police misconduct lawsuits, contract disputes, rights lawsuits, and related matters as assigned by the Corporation Counsel in the amount of Seventy Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($99,500.00); and

 

WHEREAS, the City has been and continues to be satisfied with all of the service rendered to by the Contractor under the Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the City and the Contractor desire to amend the Agreement to increase the compensation by an additional Sixty-Eight Thousand Two Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($68,200.00); and

WHEREAS, funds are available from Account Number 11331010-56696.

 

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED, by the New Haven Board of Aldermen, that the maximum compensation to the existing legal service agreement with the law firm of Howd & Ludorf, LLC be increased from $99,500 to a total of $167,700.