File #: LM-2021-0271    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Order Status: Passed
File created: 6/9/2021 In control: City Clerk
On agenda: Final action: 7/6/2021
Title: ORDER APPROVING AN INCREASE IN THE MAXIMUM COMPENSATION OF THE LEGAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE LAW FIRM OF HOWD & LUDORF, LLC FROM $99,500 TO $178,000 FROM GF 2020-2021 LINE ITEM 11331010-56696.
Attachments: 1. Howd BOA Checklist, 2. Howd BOA Fiscal Impact, 3. Howd BOA letter, 4. Howd BOA Prior Authorization, 5. Howd BOA Draft Amendment, 6. Howd BOA Order, 7. LM-2021-0271

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ORDER APPROVING AN INCREASE IN THE MAXIMUM COMPENSATION OF THE LEGAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE LAW FIRM OF HOWD & LUDORF, LLC FROM $99,500 TO $178,000 FROM GF 2020-2021 LINE ITEM 11331010-56696.

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WHEREAS, on October 22, 2020, the City of New Haven, Connecticut (the “City”) and the law firm of Howd & Ludorf, LLC (the “Contractor”) entered into a legal service agreement (A20-0941) to represent the City of New Haven in general litigation, including but not limited to public liability lawsuits, conflict of interest matters, police misconduct lawsuits, contract disputes, and civil rights lawsuits in the amount of Ninety-Nine Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($99,500.00); and

 

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

WHEREAS, the City and the Contractor desire to amend the legal service agreement futher to increase the compensation by an additional Seventy-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($78,500.00); and

WHEREAS, funds are available from Account Number 11331010-56696 by decreasing unused funds from other outside counsel agreements.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED, by the New Haven Board of Alders, 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 $178,000.