City of Milwaukee - File #: 241104

• File #: 241104
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: In Committee
• File created: 11/6/2024
• In control: JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
• Title: Substitute resolution authorizing payment for legal services from Amundsen Davis, LLC, for legal services for Alderman Robert Bauman in the matter of Tri-Corp Housing, Inc. v Bauman.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
11/6/2024	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
241104

Version
SUBSTITUTE 1

Reference

Sponsor
THE CHAIR

Title
Substitute resolution authorizing payment for legal services from Amundsen Davis, LLC, for legal services for Alderman Robert Bauman in the matter of Tri-Corp Housing, Inc. v Bauman.

Analysis
This resolution authorizes payment in the amount of $27,000 to Davis Kuelthau, S.C., for legal services relating to the appeal of Tri-Corp Housing’s claims against Alderman Robert Bauman.

Body
Whereas, On or about March 3, 2020, the City Attorney entered into a Contract for Legal Services between the City of Milwaukee and Davis Kuelthau, S.C., for representation of Alderman Bauman regarding Tri-Corp Housing’s claims against him; and

Whereas, The original agreement attached to the file authorized payment in an amount not to exceed $50,000; and

Whereas, On or about September 18, 2020, the City Attorney entered into a first amended agreement attached to the file not exceed an additional $50,000; and

Whereas, On or about February 17, 2022, the City Attorney entered into a second amended agreement attached to the file not exceed an additional $140,000; and

Whereas, On or about November 7, 2022, the City Attorney entered into a third amended agreement attached to the file not exceed an additional $85,000; and

Whereas, The total cost of legal services has exceeded the prior agreed amounts in order to get the matter through an appeal to the Court of Appeals and a subsequent appeal and petition to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, both filed by plaintiffs; and

Whereas, The law firm of Amundsen Davis, LLC, is the successor to Davis Kuelthau, S.C., after a merger in 2022; and

Whereas, The City desires to pay Amundsen Davis LLC, for the reasonable costs of its legal services it will incur from April 11, 2023, and thereafter; now, therefore, be it

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