DEPARTMENT: Attorney
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
TITLE
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Authorization To Execute Agreements To Provide Legal Services To Community Development Agency, Dakota County Drug Task Force, Dakota 911, And Metropolitan Library Service Agency
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize the County Attorney to execute agreements to provide legal services to the Community Development Agency, Dakota County Drug Task Force, Dakota 911, and Metropolitan Library Service Agency.
SUMMARY
The Dakota County Attorney's Office is currently providing legal services to the Dakota County Community Development Agency (CDA), Dakota County Drug Task Force (DCDTF), Dakota 911 (formerly Dakota Communications Center) and Metropolitan Library Service Agency (MELSA) pursuant to legal services agreements. The agreements will expire on December 31, 2024. The County Attorney's Office is willing to continue providing certain legal services for 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 new agreements have substantially the same terms as the current agreements. The Agreements with the CDA and with MELSA will have a one-year term, through December 31, 2025. The Agreements with the DCDTF and Dakota 911 will have a two-year term, through December 31, 2026. Legal services will be provided to each agency at a rate of $229 per hour for attorney time and $50 per hour for paralegal time in 2025. For DCDTF and Dakota 911, legal services will be provided in 2026 at a rate of $236 per hour for attorney time and $51 per hour for paralegal time. Dakota County Finance determined that th...
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