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RESOLUTION NO.2180
A RESOLUTION OB' THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PJlCADIA, CI..LIFORNIA, EMPLOYING SPECIAL C OUHE-EL
ON BEHl.LF OF SAID CITY A1~ THE CITY COU1!CIl THERE-
OF, i.ND FIXING THE !>lEASURE OF OOMPI;'NSi'"TION THEREFOR.
~HEREI~S, there was filed in the United States District
Court for the Southern District of California Central Division,
e complaintoy Ira l-l. C'urry and Doroth;, Nell CurrJ' as plaintiff'S
ar;ainst the ('ity of Arcadia end against the rla;,'or and C'it;, Council
of said Cit~ in their respective capacities as such, said gO~-
plaint bearing File No.13~13-C; and
WHEREAS, the defendants named in se,id complain t alread~"
have been or sonn ,-rill be s€rv~d with copies of' sununons issued
in said action, oecause of ~hich it is ne~essar;, that special
cOillu:el be retained by the Ci t;," of Arcadia for the purpose 01'
advisine; sa.td City and the officers thereof relative to the said
action, and for the purpose of preparing and filing the pleadin[;s
required therein, and for the purpose of defending against said
action; and
~REt..S, services of such a nature are not ombraced with-
in the terms of employment of the City ~ttorney;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Arcadic
does find,deteroine llnd resolve af; follous:
SEOTION 1. That it is to the best intorests of the C'ltr
of Arcadia,. end the inhabi te,nts thoreof, that opecial counsel
be employe~ for the purpose of advising said City and the officers
thereof' relative to the aforesaid action heretofore filed against
it and tt.em, and for the purpose of preparin[; and filinc; all
pleadinGS and documents and for the purpose of doinp all thinLs
deemed b~- such counsel necessar;r or advisable in the defense of
said action.
SECT10N 2. That ~essrs. Burke, Williams and Burke and
Lasher n. Gallagher be and they are hereby employed as speclal
counsel fo~ the purpose of adVisinG said City and the officers
thereof' relative to the said action, and 1'or the purpose of pre-
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parin& and filins such pleadings end documents as are neceesary
or advisable in said action, and for the purpose of defending
said action Oh behalf of the City and the named defendants in
their official capacities.
SECTION 3. Th~t the City of Arcadie pay to said special
counsel thus ,appointed, in compensation for their services to
oe thus rendered, the fair and reasonable value of such services;
that said special counsel shall, from time to time, submit an
itemized account of the costs incurred in said action, and a
statement of the sum requested for the services rendered pursuant
hereto; that:the costs incurred shall, upon approval of the items,
be forthwith paid.
SECTION 4. That the City Council shall determine the
reasonablenees of the sum requested as compensation for the ser-
vices rendered by the special counsel thus appointed, and in such
determination the City rouncil shall be the sole and exclusive
judges and their determinRtion in this regard shall be final. Up-
on such determination, the City shall pay to the special counsel
thus appointed, in compensation for his, or their, services thus
rendered, the fair and reasonable value of such services as thus
determined by the City Council.
SECTION 5. The 6ity Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this resolution.
I 'HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was adopt-
ed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the Cit~ of Arcadia,
held on the 2nd day of October, 1951, by the affirmative vote of
at least three Councilmen, to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen
NbES: None
ABSENT: None
Kennett, Klomp, Nottingham, Schmocker and
Sullivan
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SIGNED AND APPROVED this
2nd daY~- ctober,
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