Item O3BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date:
May
21, 2014 (KQ
Division: County Attorney's Office
Bulk Item: Yes
x
No _
Department:
Staff Contact Person/Phone #: Cynthia Hall, x 3174
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
First Amendment to agreement with law firm of Johnson, Anselmo, Murdoch, Burke, Piper &
Hochman, P.A., in order to revise the list of timekeepers by adding the name of W. Hampton Johnson
IV as an attorney retroactive to May 1, 2013 and deletion of Tamara Scrudders.
ITEM BACKGROUND: On January 1, 2012, the County and the law firm entered into an agreement
for legal services. Paragraph 6.3 of the Agreement lists the attorneys who will be working on County
matters (timekeepers). Paragraph 6.5 states that the list of timekeepers may be amended from time to
time with written approval of the County. Most of the matters handled by the law firm are matters
covered by the County's liability insurance, under a policy issued by Florida League of Cities, in
which the law firm is appointed as outside counsel. The list of attorneys needs to be revised to add the
name of attorney W. Hampton Thompson IV, who worked on a County matter within the past year, so
the law firm can be paid (from the County's self -insured retention) for a matter on which Mr.
Thompson worked. The name of Tamara Scrudders is also being deleted as a timekeeper.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: Jan. 19, 2012, BOCC approval of agreement for legal
services between Monroe County and the law firm.
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
Addition of W. Hampton Johnson IV as attorney timekeeper and deletion of attorney Tamara
Scrudders.
TOTAL INDIRECT
COST TO COUNTY: SOURCE OF FUNDS: Primarily ad valorem
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes _ No X AMOUNT PER MONTH Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty -2�// OtAburcf'ng Risk Management
DOCUMENTATION: Included X Not Required
DISPOSITION:D. ITEM #
CONTRACT SUMMARY
Contract with: Johnson Anselmo Contract #
Effective Date: Jan. 19, 2012
Expiration Date:
Contract Purpose/Description:
First amendment to agreement with law firm of Johnson, Anselmo, Murdoch, Burke,
Piper & Hochman, P.A. for legal services, in order to add the name of
W. Hampton Johnson IV as attorney timekeeper and delete the name of Tamara Scrudders as an
attorney timekeeper, retroactive to May 1 2013.
Contract Manager: Cynthia L. Hall 3174 CAY/7
(Name) (Ext.) (Department/Stop #)
for BOCC meeting on May 21, 2014 Agenda Deadline: May 5, 2014
CONTRACT COSTS
Total Dollar Value of Contract: $ Current Year Portion: $
Budgeted? Yes® No ❑ Account Codes: - - -
Grant: $ - - -
County Match: $ - - -
ADDITIONAL COSTS
Estimated Ongoing Costs: $_/yr For:
(Not included in dollar value above) (eg. maintenance, utilities, janitoria
CONTRACT REVIEW
salaries, etc
Changes
A
Date Out
Date in
Division Director YLI�IZY
Needed
Yes❑ No�T
Rp eyver
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Risk Management N
Yes❑ Nog"'
O.M.B./PurcFiasing 51-4
Yes❑ No❑2
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County Attorney 4' 74• U ll
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I Comments:
UMB norm Revised 2127/01 MCP #2
FiDs'r AmENDNIEN'I'To AGIZEEMEN TBETWEEN MONROE COUNTY AND JOHNSON,
aSELMO, MURDOCO, BURKE, PIPER & HOCHMAN P.A. FOR LEGAL SERVIC'ES
'I'his arnendrnent (Amendment) is made and entered into this day r,,fxAav 2014, by-nd bi-.-,rwCcnhC'1
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Roard of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, ,,.a the legislative and governing blody t I'
Pvlonroe County, I°lorida ("County") and Johnson, Anscirno. Mar doch, Burke, Piper & Hochman
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("Attorney") (collectively, the "Parties"), to the agreement by and between the Parties ("A,; reernem,
WHEREAS, paragraph 63 ofthe Agreement specifies the names ofa: ahonzed tirneklec.--Pars; and
WIIER-EAS, paragraph 6,5 of the Agreement states that the list cifis'n-nekc-epers amy be aoended, trorn iirne
to time, upon mutual agreement of the Parties, to evidence fficri-currant circumstances, arid 1.1an addifion])
ti niekeepers Irnav be added with advance written approval oil' the County, and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to arnend the Agreement in order to arld the name of attorney W. flar-ripton
Johnson IV to the list of approved timekeepers,' arid
WHI.LREAS, it is desired to make this agreement retroactive to May 1, 2-013), in order to assure that i-111011CIIS
covering work performed by attorney W. Hammon Johnson can be paUL
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and provisions contained ierein, the Partics
amend the January 19, 2012 agreement as fiallows-
1. Fie list of approved timekeepers and their rates set forth in paragraph 6,3 of the Agreement is
revised to read as f6flowsl-
Partners/Senior Attorneys
Damian H, Albert
Scott D. Alexander
.Michael T, Burke
Jeffi-ey L. Hochman
E. Bruce Johnson
Michael R. Piper
David M, Schweiger
Christopher J. Stearns
Hudson C. Gill
Christopher Arribrosio
W, I lampton Johnson IV
J, is Martinez
Paralegals
Eileen Finlay
Jessica Lopez
Lisa Tucci
Rebecca potty
I-,'rica Anderson
Carey Young
Gail 1'renk
-his amendment shall be retroactive to the j"' day ol"' � I y,,
set f-�Irth herein, the A as an-, er en- R, th, c, s 3. 1 r11 c, greement between the parties
T") C' I i F� , — 1 1,
"-I'S 1,11 S AMENDMEN1 to the Agreement bev,%eeln the Parties ��ha"l been"' wMen exceuted
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both bv the Anofficy and the Board ol"County Commissioners of Monroe Cormly, rllonida_
Attest:
Anly Heavilin, (Aerk
I By:
Deputy Clerk
BOARD OF '(,'()],�J,JTY CO,1vj'V,1,'SSn)jm;RS
OF 1NIONa0i"' COUNTY, "-WRIDA
By-
".!vllvia Murphy, Mayor
Date:_
For the Attorney,
JOHNSON, ANSELMO, W,.RDOClJ,1 B.-]RKI�, PIPER
& HOCTIMAN, PA.
By
h, Bruce �Ahnson,
DatQ
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MONRC)E COUNTY ATTORNEY
Afj' IOVI D AS TO FORM.
�JYNTHIA'L. HALL
ASSIST COU TY ATTORNEY
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