Resolution 16-049 City Manager to Negotiate a New City Attorney Contract with Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot

CITY OF HOMER

HOMER, ALASKA

City Manager

RESOLUTION 16-049

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE A NEW CITY ATTORNEY CONTRACT WITH BIRCH HORTON BITTNER & CHEROT FOR THE PERIOD OF AUGUST 1, 2016 THROUGH JULY 31, 2019.

               WHEREAS, Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot (BHBC) has been the City's Attorney since August 1, 2008, selected and hired by the City Council; and

               WHEREAS, BHBC has the expertise and experience of a national firm combined with the knowledge and understanding of Alaska’s unique legal issues; and

WHEREAS, BHBC has a number of attorneys on staff ranging from specialists in human resources to construction law that the City uses frequently; and

               WHEREAS, It is the recommendation of administration that a new contract be negotiated for a three-year period from August 1, 2016 to July 31, 2019; and

               NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of Homer, Alaska, authorizes the City Manager to negotiate a new City Attorney Contract with Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot for a three-year period from August 1, 2016 to July 31, 2019.

               PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Homer City Council this 9th day of May, 2016.

                                                                                          CITY OF HOMER

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                                                                                          MARY E. WYTHE, MAYOR

ATTEST:

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JO JOHNSON, MMC, CITY CLERK

Fiscal information: Budgeted, Mayor and Council, Professional Services, 100.100.5210.