Number
220430
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
212038
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution amending Common Council File Number 212038 authorizing the Office of the City Attorney to increase the dollar amount in the contract for legal services between the City of Milwaukee and Nathan & Kamionski LLP to advise and provide counsel to the City of Milwaukee in relation to the lawsuit entitled “Hadaway v. City of Milwaukee, et. al.,” Case No. 2019-CV-01106, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Analysis
This resolution amends Common Council File Number 212038 authorizing the City to enter into a contract for legal services with the law firm of Nathan & Kamionski LLP, to advise and provide counsel to the City of Milwaukee in relation to the lawsuit entitled “Hadaway v. City of Milwaukee, et. al.,” Case No. 2:19-CV-01106, in the Eastern District of Wisconsin, to increase the maximum dollar amount from $30,000 to $60,000.
Body
Whereas, On May 10, 2022, the Common Council adopted Resolution File Number 212038, approving a contract for legal services between the City of Milwaukee and Nathan & Kamionski LLP to advise and provide counsel to the City of Milwaukee in relation to the lawsuit entitled “Hadaway v. City of Milwaukee, et. al.,” Case No. 2:19-CV-01106, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin ; and
Whereas, The resolution specified that the dollar amount appropriated from the City Attorney’s Office Outside Counsel Expert Witness Special Purpose Account Number 0001-1490-S157-06300 for retaining outside counsel shall not exceed $30,000 and that the City Attorney is directed to expend up to that amount from this account for this purpose; and
Whereas, The cost associated with this litigation is anticipated to exceed $30,000; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that Resolution File Number 212038 is amended by deleting the last two “Further Resolved” clauses and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
“Further Resolved, That an amount not to exceed $60,000 is appropriated from the City Attorney’s Office Counsel Expert Witness Special Purpose Account Number 0001-1490-S157-06300 for retaining outside counsel; and, be it
“Further Resolved, That the Office of the City Attorney is directed to expend up to $60,000 from this account for this purpose.”
Requestor
City Attorney’s Office
Drafter
LRB 177487-1
Tea B. Norfolk
7/8/22