HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1984.09.13 - 17991MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 84249 September 13, 1984
BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE, DR. G. WILLIAM CADDELL, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: CORPORATION COUNSEL-LEGAL FEES-EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION LAWSUlk
JAMES DREW V. OAKLAND COUNTY
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, Miscellaneous Resolution #82236 authorized hiring of outside
legal counsel to defend the County in a race discrimination suit; and
WHEREAS to-date authorized paid legal services total $27,330, con-
sistent with the attached schedule; and
WHEREAS an additional $23,619 is requested for legal services rendered
from October, 1983 to July 5, 1984; and
WHEREAS attorney fees include charges for depositions, motions, attorney
time and transcripts in completing pre-trial discovery; and
WHEREAS Corporation Counsel finds the attorney fees charged to be reasonable
for services rendered and recommends: payment in the amount of $23,619.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Finance Committee finds $23,619
available in the 1984 Contingency Account to cover said cost.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners appropriates $23,619
from the 1984 Contingency Account and transfers said amount to the Corporation
Counsel Budget-Legal Expense Account as follows:
909-01-00-9900 Contingency $(23,619)
115-01-00-3456 Legal Expense 23,619
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Mr. Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance Committee, I move the adoption of
the foregoing resolution.
FINANCE COMITTEE
I 4 HER Y APPROVE THE FOREGOING REC5OLUTION 6 B
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Date
6/9/83
10/6/83
Total Paid
$ 7,500
$19,830
Authorization
H.R. 83159
$7,500
M.R. 83276
$20,000
SCHEDULE OF LEGAL SERVICES PAYMENTS
THE FISHMAN GROUP
JAMES DREW V. OAKLAND COUNTY
Total $27,330
#84249 September 13, 1984
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Moved by Page supported by Moffitt the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Foley, Fortino, Gosling, Hobart, Jackson, R. Kuhn, S. Kuhn, Lanni
Law, McConnell, Moffitt, Nelson, Page, Perinoff, Pernick, Price, Rewold, Wilcox,
Aaron, Calandra. (20)
NAYS: McPherson, Moore. (2)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE Cr MICHIGAN)
COUNT( V OAKLAND)
1, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and having a seal,
do hereb.y certify that I have compered the annexed copy of
Resolution #84249 adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners at their
meeting held on September 13, 1984
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
this 13th