2012-158 Appoint a Legal Firm (Aird & Berlis LLP)THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ORO- MEDONTE
BY -LAW NO. 2012 -158
A By -law to Appoint a Legal Firm
(Aird & Berlis LLP)
For the Practice Areas of:
General Municipal Law, and Planning and Development
WHEREAS the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c.25, Section 224, as amended,
provides that it is the role of Council to ensure that administrative practices and
procedures are in place to implement the decisions of Council;
AND WHEREAS the Township issued a Request for Proposal for Legal Services;
AND WHEREAS Council awarded corporate legal services in various practice areas to
identified legal firms, as documented in Motion No. C120815 -35;
AND WHEREAS it is deemed expedient to appoint a legal firm for the practice areas of:
General Municipal Law, and Planning and Development;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Township of Oro - Medonte hereby enacts as
follows:
1. That Aird & Berlis LLP be appointed as the legal firm to provide corporate legal
services to the Township of Oro - Medonte in the practice areas of: General
Municipal Law, and Planning and Development.
2. That Aird & Berlis LLP shall provide legal services in the aforementioned practice
areas in accordance with their submission in response to the Request for
Proposal, and any subsequent negotiations.
3. Notwithstanding this appointment, the Township, in its sole discretion, reserves
its rights to engage any other Solicitor or legal firm to provide services within the
aforementioned practice areas.
4. This by -law shall take effect on the final passing thereof.
BY -LAW READ A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD TIME, AND PASSED THIS 5T" DAY
OF SEPTEMBER, 2012.
THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ORO- MEDONTE
H.S.
J. D.crudhlas Irwin