DEPARTMENT: Attorney
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
TITLE
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Authorization To Execute An Agreement To Provide Legal Services To Vermillion River Watershed Joint Powers Organization
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize the County Attorney to execute an agreement to provide legal services to the Vermillion River Watershed Joint Powers Organization.
SUMMARY
The Dakota County Attorney's Office has provided legal services to the Vermillion River Watershed Joint Powers Organization ("VRWJPO") for many years. The County Attorney's Office is willing to continue providing certain legal services for the VRWJPO and is not aware of any current conflict of interest between the County Attorney's Office's representation of Dakota County and its continued representation of the VRWJPO. If a conflict arises during the course of representation, the County Attorney's Office will disclose the conflict and consult with both the County and the VRWJPO as to whether continued representation of both parties or either party is possible with the parties' consent.
The new agreement has substantially the same terms as the current agreement, which is in effect through December 31, 2025. The new agreement with the VRWJPO will have a two-year term from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2027. Legal services will be provided to the VRWJPO at the internal rate of $188.99 per hour for attorney time and $103.62 per hour for paralegal time in 2026 and $196.55 per hour for attorney time and $107.76 per hour for paralegal time in 2027. Dakota County Finance determined that the hourly rates include direct and indirect administrative costs for a paralegal and attorney in the County Attorney's Office.
RECOMMENDATION
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The County Manager and the Dakota County Attorney recommend the County Board authorize the Dakota County Attorney to execute a legal services agreement with the VRWJPO from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2027.
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