HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 14918 (Legal Services Contract)RESOLUTION NO. 14918
A RESOLUTION OF THE SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL APPROVING AND
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH BURKE,
WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP FOR ESSENTIAL LEGAL SERVICES TO SUPPLEMENT
STAFF IN THE CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $150,000
WHEREAS, the Deputy City Attorney II essential position was vacated at the end of May
2019; and
WHEREAS, for assistance with overflow work pending the hiring of a new deputy city
attorney, the City Attorney’s office has had an agreement since June 2019 to obtain “on-call”
legal services from the firm of Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP (BW&S); and
WHEREAS, the part-time services provided by BW&S have enabled the City Attorney’s
office to function, on a temporary basis, without a fulltime deputy city attorney; and
WHEREAS, to achieve budget savings, City staff have determined to continue to rely
upon contract legal services rather than to fill the Deputy City Attorney II position during Fiscal
Year 2021-2022; and
WHEREAS, funds to cover the recommended contract amount are available due to budget
savings from the vacant Deputy City Attorney II position;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of San Rafael
hereby approves and authorizes the City Manager to execute an Agreement for General
Municipal Legal Services with Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP for essential legal services to
supplement staff in the City Attorney’s office during Fiscal Year 2021-2022, in an amount not to
exceed $150,000 and in the form presented in the staff report accompanying this resolution,
subject to final approval as to form by the City Attorney.
I, LINDSAY LARA, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing
resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of
said City on Monday, the 7th day of June 2021, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Bushey, Hill, Kertz, Llorens Gulati & Mayor Kate
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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LINDSAY LARA, City Clerk