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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED
<br />ORDINANCE NO. 2005 —106
<br />BY: Mayor O'Grady
<br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION ONE OF ORDINANCE
<br />NO. 2004 -104, WHICH PRE VIOUSLYAMENDED ORDINANCE NO.
<br />2004 -18, IN ORDER TO REMOVE THE MAXIMUM DOLLAR CAP
<br />IN THE CONTRACT THAT AUTHORIZED THE RETENTION OF
<br />THE LAW FIRM OF JOHNSON, ANGELO & COLALUCA, LLC, AS
<br />OUTSIDE LABOR COUNSEL TO ASSIST THE CITY IN LABOR
<br />RELATED MATTERS, AND
<br />APPROVING ALL PAYMENTS
<br />FIRM.
<br />FURTHER RATIFYING AND
<br />MADE TO DATE TO SAID LAW
<br />WHEREAS, this Council, on February 12, 2004, adopted Ordinance No. 2004 -18,
<br />which authorized retention of the law firm of Johnson, Angelo & Colaluca, LLC, as labor
<br />negotiators and outside counsel to assist the City in then current labor negotiations, and
<br />further authorized a maximum expenditure of Thirty Thousand Dollars to said law firm
<br />for the rendering of such legal services; and
<br />WHEREAS, this Council, on June 1, 2004, adopted Ordinance No. 2004 -104,
<br />which amended Ordinance No. 2004 -18 to provide for the expenditure of additional
<br />funds for additional labor- related legal services to be rendered by Johnson, Angelo &
<br />Colaluca, LLC, up to a maximum of an additional Thirty Thousand Dollars, and further
<br />authorized the Mayor, subject to approval of the Board of Control, to enter into an
<br />amended Agreement with Johnson, Angelo & Colaluca, LLC; and
<br />WHEREAS, in the ensuing one year period, from June 2004 to June 2005, the
<br />firm of Johnson, Angelo & Colaluca, LLC, now known as Johnson & Colaluca, LLC,
<br />continued to represent the City in the labor matters for which it was retained and
<br />continued to submit invoices to the City, on a monthly basis, for fees associated with the
<br />services rendered; and
<br />WHEREAS, this Council, on March 22, 2005, adopted Ordinance No. 2005 -17,
<br />the annual appropriations ordinance, which reflected a budget prepared by the
<br />Administration providing for an additional Thirty - Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) to be
<br />paid for outside labor counsel fees; and
<br />WHEREAS, this Council, on June 21, 2005, this Council adopted Ordinance No.
<br />2005 -94, a Transfer Appropriations Ordinance, which, amongst other things, provided for
<br />an additional Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00) to be appropriated for outside labor
<br />counsel fees; and
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