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File #: 2021-0967    Version: 1
Type: Motion Status: Approved
File created: 11/12/2021 In control: General Legislative Session
On agenda: 12/15/2021 Final action: 12/15/2021
Title: Motion 21-423, approving 1st amendment to 2020 contract for legal services
Attachments: 1. Motion 21-423, 2. Staff Report, 3. Amendment No.1 - SIGNED, 4. Master Contract, 5. Motion Assignment Slip

 

 

Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)

 

 

ITEM TITLE:

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Motion 21-423, approving 1st amendment to 2020 contract for legal services

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DEPARTMENT:  PROSECUTING ATTORNEY

 

ORIGINATOR:  ELLEN HAGEY

 

EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION:  Approve - Ken Klein 11/19/21

 

PURPOSE: To obtain the Council’s approval of the 1st amendment to a contract for legal services with Keating, Bucklin & McCormack regarding the Dold matter.

 

BACKGROUND: The County entered into a contract with Keating, Bucklin & McCormack on April 7, 2020, to defend the County in the matter of Jennifer Dold, Personal Representative of the Estate of Alexander Dold; and Kathy Duncan, mother of Alexander Dold v. Snohomish County (the Dold matter).  Per the initial contract, fees and expenses would not exceed $50,000.  The 1st amendment modifies the limit of fees and expenses to not exceed $150,000, as the defense of this matter continues into 2022. 

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

EXPEND: FUND, AGY, ORG, ACTY, OBJ, AU

CURRENT YR

2ND YR

1ST 6 YRS

506  512471  4609

$50,000

$100,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

$50,000

$100,000

 

 

 

REVENUE: FUND, AGY, ORG, REV, SOURCE

CURRENT YR

2ND YR

1ST 6 YRS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

 

 

DEPARTMENT FISCAL IMPACT NOTES:  No adverse fiscal impact.  Expenditures expected in 2022 from Fund 506, Insurance Defense Fund.

 

CONTRACT INFORMATION:

ORIGINAL

x

CONTRACT#

 

AMOUNT

$50,000

AMENDMENT

x

CONTRACT#

 

AMOUNT

$150,000

 

Contract Period

ORIGINAL

START

04/07/2020

END

At conclusion of litigation

AMENDMENT

START

 

END

 

 

OTHER DEPARTMENTAL REVIEW/COMMENTS:  Approved - Risk, Sheila Barker/Approved - Finance, Nathan Kennedy 11/19/21