HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1985.02.14 - 10996MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 85033
BY FINANCE COMMITTEE, DR. G. WILLIAM CADDELL, CHAIRMAN
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS-LEGAL FEES-METIVIER V. JOHN R. DIGIOVANNI
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS former Commissioner John R. DiGiovanni found it necessary to
defend himself by virtue of his office in a court suit; and
WHEREAS Act No. 508 of the Public Acts of 1978 requires that the Board
of Commissioners shall employ an attorney to represent Elected County
Officers in court in cases which involve an official act or duty of the
County Official; and
WHEREAS a settlement by jury verdict has been reached against Mr. Digiovanni
in the amount of $35,000 plus interest and taxable costs for an estimated total
of $53,000; and
WHEREAS to date $9,692 has been appropriated for legal fees in said case
consistent with the attached schedule; and
WHEREAS final legal fees in the amount of $8,376.80 have been submitted to
the County; and
WHEREAS Corporation Counsel finds the attorney fees charged to be reasonable
for services rendered and recommends payment in the amount of $8,376.80.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Finance Committee finds $8,377 available
in the 1985 Contingency Account for this purpose.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners appropriates $8,377,
as the final billing, from the 1985 Contingency Account and transfers said amount
to the Board of Commissioners Budget as follows:
909-01-00-9900 Contingency $(8,377)
511-02-00-3456 Legal Expense 8,377
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Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the Finance Committee, I move the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
DATE
3/9/81
12/8/83
TOTAL
Resolution No.
81004
83350
Appropriation
$5,887.70
3,803.50
$9,691.20
SCHEDULE
METIVIER V. JOHN R. DiGIOVANNI
SCHEDULE OF LEGAL FEES
#85033 February 14, 1985
Moved by Caddell supported by Lanni the resolution be adopted,
AYES: Law, McConnell, Moffitt, Moore, Nelson, Price, Rewold, Skarritt, Webb,
Wilcox, Caddell, Doyon, Fortino, Gosling, Hassberger, R. Kuhn, Lanni. (17)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
1, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and having a seal,
do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of
Miscellaneous Resolution 85033 adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
at their meeting held on February 14, 1985
with the orginial record thereof now remaining in my office, and
that it is a true and correct transcript therefrom, and of the
whole thereof.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan
14th day of Fe. uarY 985
ALL
Counfry Clerk/Register of Deeds
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