City of Milwaukee - File #: 961946

• File #: 961946
• Version: 2
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/21/1997
• In control: FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
• Final action: 6/16/1998
• Title: Substitute resolution appropriating funds from the Common Council Contingent Fund to the Outside Counsel/Expert Witness Fund Special Purpose Account for the purposes of retaining outside counsel or an expert witness.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: CONSULTANTS, FEES, LITIGATION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/25/1998	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
6/16/1998	2	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	17:0
6/10/1998	2	FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	4:0
6/8/1998	2	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION AND ASSIGNED	Pass	3:0
6/8/1998	2	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
6/5/1998	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
4/10/1997	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO
3/21/1997	0	COMMON COUNCIL	REFERRED TO

NUMB:
961946
VERS:
SUBSTITUTE 2
REF:

XXBY:
THE CHAIR
TITL:
Substitute resolution appropriating funds from the Common Council Contingent Fund to the Outside Counsel/Expert Witness Fund Special Purpose Account for the purposes of retaining outside counsel or an expert witness.
ANLS:
Analysis

This substitute resolution appropriates $110,000 from the Common Council Contingent Fund to the Outside Counsel/Expert Witness Fund Special Purpose Account for the purposes of providing outside counsel to the City of Milwaukee in MPA, et al. v. City of Milwaukee, et al., Circuit Court Case No. 97-CV-007996, and retaining outside legal counsel relating to the creation of a new pension system.
BODY:
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee is a defendant in the case of MPA, et al. v. City of Milwaukee, et al., Case No. 97-CV-007996; and

Whereas, The City Attorney is unable to defend the City in the action that has been brought and the City has entered into a contract with the firm of Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach, S.C. to provide the City with representation in the above-referenced action; and

Whereas, Such representation has been previously approved in Common Council File No. 970387 and appropriations have been made in the amount of $60,000 for the purpose of such representation in Common Council File No. 970387 and Common Council File No. 971609; and

Whereas, Billings by Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach, S.C. in Case No. 97-CV-007996, through May, total $121,417.88, and are in excess of the appropriation by $61,417.88; and

Whereas, The Common Council in Common Council File No. 971781 appropriated $39,000 from the City Attorney's Outside Counsel/Expert Witness Fund Special Purposes Account for the purpose of funding an amendment to the contract between the City and the law firm of Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach, S.C. authorizing the firm to act as legal consultant and retain an actuarial con...