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File #: 21-289   
Type: Resolution (Consent) Status: Passed
File created: 8/5/2021 In control: County Attorney
On agenda: 8/24/2021 Final action: 8/24/2021
Enactment date: 8/24/2021 Enactment #: 2021-219
Title: Commissioner Fraley - County Attorney - To Approve the Engagement of Fox Rothschild LLP to Represent Gaston County Through Niche Mining and Land Use Issues and to Appropriate the Necessary Funds for the Execution of the Agreement (Cost Not to Exceed $75,000 - Fund Balance)
Sponsors: Allen R. Fraley
Attachments: 1. Adopted 2021-219, 2. BCR, 3. Engagement Letter

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Commissioner Fraley - County Attorney - To Approve the Engagement of Fox Rothschild LLP to Represent Gaston County Through Niche Mining and Land Use Issues and to Appropriate the Necessary Funds for the Execution of the Agreement (Cost Not to Exceed $75,000 - Fund Balance)

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STAFF CONTACT

Jonathan L. Sink - County Attorney

BUDGET IMPACT
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Appropriates $75,000 from General Fund fund balance and appropriates it into an expense account in the County Attorney’s budget.

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BUDGET ORDINANCE IMPACT

 

Appropriates fund balance and increases expenses in General Fund by $75,000.

BACKGROUND

Gaston County would like to engage the firm of Fox Rothschild LLP - specifically the specialized legal services of Tom Terrell, Esq. - to guide the County through high-stakes conversations and processes that would prospectively involve niche areas within the mining and land use arenas in the northwestern portion of Gaston County. The Board is asked to appropriate an amount, not to exceed, of $75,000 for said engagement.

POLICY IMPACT

N/A

ATTACHMENTS

Budget Change Request (BCR) and Engagement Letter