HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1993.08.26 - 21986MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION 9317 August 26, 1993
BY: Finance Committee
IN RE: 52/1 District Court - Outside Legal Counsel
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Board of Commissioners, on MR 93061, awarded a
contract to R. E. Dryden and Associates to build and lease a new
facility for the 52/1 District Court in the city of Novi; and
WHEREAS such action has been challenged in court by the city
of Walled Lake, the community in which the present 52/1 District
Court facility is located; and
WHEREAS the County's Corporation Counsel and the Board's
contracted counsel both have conflicts of interest in this matter
and the Board of Commissioners wishes to be represented by outside
counsel with particular expertise in governmental affairs; and
WHEREAS the Board wishes to retain Robert B. Webster of the
firm of Hill Lewis.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners does hereby retain Robert B. Webster of the firm of
Hill Lewis to represent them in regard to Oakland County Circuit
Court Case #93-454433-CZ, City of Walled Lake vs. the Board of
Commissioners of the County of Oakland and the County of Oakland,
at a rate of $150.00 per hour for Mr. Webster and $80.00 to $100.00
per hour for any necessary assistance from associates in the firm.
On behalf of the Finance Committee, I move the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
FINANCE_ COMMITTEE
#93157 August 26, 1993
Moved by McCulloch supported by Schmid the resolution be adopted.
Moved by Jensen supported by Schmid the resolution be amended by adding
the following paragraph:
"BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a retainer agreement be executed by the
parties and that an amount, not to exceed $15,000, be approved, and that any
services in excess of that amount are subject to prior approval of the Finance
Committee and the Board of Commissioners."
Also the retainer agreement be signed prior to awarding the contract.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the amendment
carried.
Moved by Gosling supported by Jensen the 1st paragraph be amended by
changing the word "awarded" to "approved".
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the amendment carried.
Discussion followed.
Vote on resolution as amended:
AYES: Garfield, Gosling, Huntoon, Jensen, Johnson, Law, McCulloch,
McPherson, Moffitt, Obrecht, Palmer, Powers, Schmid, Taub, Wolf, Crake. (16)
NAYS: Kaczmar, Kingzett, Miltner, Pernick, Dingeldey, Douglas. (6)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution, as
amended, was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution is a true and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the
Oakland County Board of Commissioners on August 26th., 1993 with the original
record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 26th. day of August 1993.
Lynn D. Allen, County Clerk