DEPARTMENT: Attorney
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
TITLE
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Authorization To Execute Agreements To Provide Legal Services To Dakota County Electronic Crimes Task Force And Dakota County Domestic Preparedness Committee
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize the Dakota County Attorney to execute agreements to provide legal services to the Dakota County Electronic Crimes Task Force and the Dakota County Domestic Preparedness Committee.
SUMMARY
The Dakota County Attorney's Office (County Attorney's Office) has provided legal services to the Dakota County Domestic Preparedness Committee (DPC) and the Dakota County Electronic Crimes Task Force (ECTF) joint powers organizations for many years pursuant to a legal services agreement with the DPC that expires on March 31, 2026, and pursuant to the general terms of the ECTF joint powers agreement. Currently, the County Attorney's Office does not bill either agency for attorney or paralegal time.
The County Attorney's Office is willing to continue providing certain legal services to each agency 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 theses agencies. 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 applicable agency as to whether continued representation of both parties or either party is possible with the parties' consent.
The agreement with the DPC will be effective from April 1, 2026, through December 31, 2027. The agreement with the ECTF will be effective upon the date of execution through December 31, 2027. Legal services will be provided to each agency at a rate of $242 per hour for attorney time and $132 per hour for paralegal time in 2026 and $251 per hour for attorney time and $138 per hour for paralegal time in 2027. Dakota County Finance determined that this hourly rate includes dire...
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