181-13 AssistTown Atty Contract - Kayser.pdf

181-13 ANNUAL AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES OF THE ASSISTANT TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY THIS AGREEMENT made and entered into on this _______day of _______________________, 20___ 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 Kenneth W. Kayser, Esq., an Attorney at Law of the State of New Jersey, with a principal place of business at 120 Eagle Rock Avenue, E. Hanover, New Jersey 07936, hereinafter referred to as “COUNSEL”. 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 Township Attorney, with the Mayor’s approval, has requested the appointment of COUNSEL to the position of Assistant Township Attorney subject to the approval of the Township Council, which has approved of COUNSEL’S appointment,; and WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:9-139, requires that the appointment of municipal attorneys be limited to a term of one year, and N.J.S.A. 40A:11-15, provides that professional services contracts shall not exceed twelve months; and WHEREAS, the TOWNSHIP provides for payment of the Township Attorney at the rate of $ 31,500.00 per year, as set by the Township’s salary ordinance, which includes payment for COUNSEL’s representation of the TOWNSHIP in its general legal matters, but not for litigation, arbitrated or mediated matters, in which the Township has an adversary, and which are to be billed separately and by the hour at the rate provided in the TOWNSHIP’s Attorney Billing Guidelines (currently $80.00 per hour);