62-22 Contract - Township Attorney.pdf

62-22 AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES OF THE TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE THIS AGREEMENT made and entered into effective the l st day of January. 2022, by and between the TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE, a municipal corporation of the State of New Jersey, located at Town Hall, 66 Main Street, West Orange, County of Essex and State of New Jersey, hereinafter called the "TOWNSHIP", and RICHARD D. TRENK, ESQ., Director, TRENK ISABEL SIDDIQI & SHAHDANIAN, P.C., with a principal place of business at 290 W. Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Building 3, Suite 2350 Livingston, NJ 07039, hereinafter referred to together as "COUNSEL", and for a term concurrent with that of the Mayor appointing him to expire December 31, 2022. WITNESSETH THAT: WHEREAS, the Township of West Orange is a Faulkner Act Mayor-Council Form of government with a Law Department established by Ordinance, the Director of which is the Township Attorney; and WHEREAS, the Mayor has appointed RICHARD D.· TRENK, Esq., an Attorney at Law of the State of New Jersey ("TRENK") to the position of Township Attorney subject to advice and consent of the Township Council, which has approved of the Mayor's appointment; and WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40:69A-43, a section of the Faulkner Act, provides that "each department head shall serve during the term of office of the mayor appointing him, and until the appointment and qualification of his successor'', which takes precedence over N.J.S.A. 40A:9-139, requiring that the appointment of municipal attorneys be limited to a term of one year, and WHEREAS, Section 2-9.1 of the Township's Revised General Ordinances provides that the Township Attorney "shall serve during the term of office of the Mayor appointing him''; and