Township Council Meeting — Packet

66-25 January 28, 2025 Formatted: Right RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the law firm of Bourne, Noll & Kenyon, principally Ed Matthews, Esq., has provided professional services to the Township of West Orange in connection with residential real estate tax appeals since January 2013; and WHEREAS, Bourne, Noll & Kenyon provided responses to the Township’s Request for Qualifications pursuant to a fair and open process for the year 2025; and WHEREAS, Bourne, Noll & Kenyon has agreed to provide professional services for the calendar year 2025, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the agreement annexed hereto as Exhibit “A;” and WHEREAS, the Law Department recommends retention of Bourne, Noll & Kenyon as special counsel to the Township for the purpose of representing the Township in residential real estate tax appeals; and WHEREAS, pursuant to pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i), the proposed professional services contract is subject to an exception to the standard bidding procedures set forth in the Local Public Contracts Law; NOW, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, by the Township Council of the Township of West Orange that the Mayor be and is hereby authorized to execute an agreement, in the form annexed hereto, to retain Bourne, Noll & Kenyon for the provision of residential real estate tax Deleted: commercial appeal services in accordance with Exhibit “A” and the Municipal Clerk shall be and hereby is Deleted: on a flat fee basis of $3,250 per month authorized to attest to the Mayor’s signature; and it is further