NUMB:
981209
VERS:
SUBSTITUTE 3
XXBY:
THE CHAIR
TITL:
Substitute resolution appropriating funds from the Contingent Fund to the Outside Counsel/Expert Witness Fund Special Purpose Account for the purpose of retaining outside legal counsel.
ANLS:
- Analysis -
This resolution appropriates $330,000 from the Contingent Fund to the Outside Counsel/Expert Witness Fund Special Purpose Account for the purpose of funding outside legal counsel expenses related to several on-going lawsuits.
BODY:
Whereas, The entire amount of funding in the Outside Counsel/Expert Witness Fund Special Purpose Account has been previously appropriated for various cases and additional funding from the Contingent Fund is necessary; and
Whereas, Common Council File Number 971183, adopted November 25, 1997, authorized the City Attorney to enter into an agreement with the law firm of Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Riselbach, S.C. ("Firm") to provide the City representation in the case of MPA, et al. V. City of Milwaukee, et al., Case Number 97-CV-007996, as outside counsel in defense of Common Council File Number 970387, passed October 14, 1997; and
Whereas, Common Council File Number 971183, adopted on November 25, 1997, appropriated $10,000, and Common Council File Number 971609, adopted on February 10, 1998, appropriated $50,000, and Common Council File Number 980719, adopted on June 16, 1998 appropriated $100,000 from the Contingent Fund; and
Whereas, Billings from Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Riselbach, S.C., through October total $190,277.56 and there is a negative balance of $30,277.54 and additional funding in the amount $75,000 is necessary for the remainder of the year; and
Whereas, Common Council File Number 971781 adopted on April 14, 1998, appropriated $39,000 and authorized the City Attorney to expand the scope of the Firm's engagement to include acting as a consultant in the establishment of a new retirement system fo...
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