HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 14757 (Legal Services Contract)RESOLUTION NO. 14757
A RESOLUTION OF THE SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL APPROVING AND
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH BURKE,
WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP FOR LEGAL SERVICES TO SUPPLEMENT STAFF IN THE
CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $112,000
WHEREAS, the Deputy City Attorney II 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, the City Attorney anticipates that a new deputy city attorney may not be
hired before the end of the current fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, City Attorney staff now desire to enter into a more formal arrangement for
BW&S to provide supplemental deputy city attorney services on a part-time but regular basis
that would include regular office hours and vacation coverage for the Assistant City Attorney for
the remainder of the 2019-2020 fiscal year in an amount not to exceed $112,000, as more
specifically set forth in the Agreement for General Municipal Legal Services included in the staff
report for this resolution; 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 of General
Municipal Legal Services with Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP for legal services to supplement
staff in the City Attorney’s office in an amount not to exceed $112,000, 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 Tuesday, the 21st day of January 2020, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Bushey, Colin, Gamblin & Mayor Phillips
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: McCullough
LINDSAY LARA, City Clerk