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Consider approving an agreement for professional services between the City of Lawton and The Love Law Firm for Margaret McMorrow-Love to represent the City in the pending grievance arbitration of IUPA Local 24 & Jerry Vallejo vs. City of Lawton, FMCS Case No. 220909-09142 and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the Agreement.
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INITIATOR: Timothy Wilson, Interim City Attorney
STAFF INFORMATION SOURCE: Timothy Wilson, Interim City Attorney
BACKGROUND: The City Attorney’s Office wishes to enter into an agreement with The Love Law Firm for Margaret McMorrow-Love to represent the City in the pending grievance arbitration of IUPA Local 24 & Jerry Vallejo vs. City of Lawton, FMCS Case No. 220909-09142 to include preparing the City’s post-hearing brief. The Love Law Firm has expertise in the field of labor and municipal law. The agreement includes compensation at an hourly rate of One Hundred Seventy Dollars ($170.00) per hour for the work of Margaret McMorrow-Love and Sixty Dollars ($60.00) per hour for any paralegal assisting the Firm. If approved, the proposed agreement will be in full force and effect from May 9, 2023 until thirty-days after the issuance of the arbitration decision/award by the arbitrator.
EXHIBIT: Retainer Agreement
KEY ISSUES: N/A
FUNDING SOURCE: Legal Expense Account
STAFF RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION: Consider approving the professional services agreement between the City of Lawton and The Love Law Firm to represent the City in the pending grievance arbitration of IUPA Local 24 & Jerry Vallejo vs. City of Lawton, FMCS Case No. 220909-09142 and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the Agreement.