Proposed Contract with Edelson PC for Contract DCCB-2025-F-0003 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about the exact nature of the legal services or the total amount of money involved beyond stating it exceeds $1 million annually.

Contract for Legal Services Emergency Resolution

This resolution declares an emergency to approve and fund a multiyear contract with Edelson PC for legal services provided to the Office of the Attorney General.

What This Bill Does

• Declares that there is an urgent need to approve Contract No. DCCB-2025-F-0003 with Edelson PC.
• Requires Council approval because the contract involves more than $1 million in spending over a year and lasts for multiple years.
• Makes the resolution effective immediately.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Office of the Attorney General
• Edelson PC, the law firm providing legal services

Terms To Know

Emergency Declaration Resolution

A special type of resolution that allows quick action to address urgent needs.

Multiyear Contract

An agreement between two parties that lasts for more than one year.

Limits and Unknowns

• The exact services provided by Edelson PC are not detailed in the resolution.
• It does not specify how much money will be spent on this contract beyond stating it exceeds $1 million annually.

Official Summary Text

Proposed Contract with Edelson PC for Contract DCCB-2025-F-0003 Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Current Bill Text

ENROLLED ORIGINAL

A RESOLUTION

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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

March 4, 2025

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve multiyear Contract
No. DCCB-2025-F-0003 with Edelson PC to provide legal services to the Office of the
Attorney General.

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Contract No. DCCB-2025-F-0003 with Edelson PC Emergency
Declaration Resolution of 2025”.

Sec. 2. (a) There exists a need to approve multiyear Contract No. DCCB-2025-F-0003
with Edelson PC to provide legal services to the Office of the Attorney General for Public
Advocacy Division matters.
(b) Because this is a multiyear contract and involves expenditures in excess of $1 million
during a 12-month period, Council approval of this contract is required by section 451 of the
District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 803; D.C. Official
Code § 1-204.51).
(c) Council approval is necessary to allow the continuation of these vital services.

Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances
enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the
Contract No. DCCB-2025-F-0003 with Edelson PC Approval and Payment Authorization
Emergency Act of 2025 be adopted after a single reading.

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.