Resolution No.
STOCKTON CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR LEGAL SERVICES WITH THE CAULFIELD LAW FIRM The need for specialized expertise and/or workload demands of the City Attorney's Office periodically results in a need to hire outside counsel; and The City of Stockton currently desires to contract with the Caulfield Law Firm to advise the City in civil liability, litigation, and other proceedings as the need arises; and The Caulfield Law Firm possesses the qualifications and personnel needed by the City in handling such proceedings; and Section 1306 of the City Charter authorizes the City Attorney to retain or employ outside counsel with the approval of the City Council; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STOCKTON, AS FOLLOWS:
1. The City Council hereby approves the selection of the Caulfield Law Firm to advise the City in civil liability, litigation, and other proceedings as the need arises.
2. The City Attorney is authorized to execute an agreement for legal services with the Caulfield Law Firm in substantially the form as attached as Exhibit “1” and incorporated by this reference.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED July 12, 2022 .
KEVIN J. LINCOLN II
Mayor of the City of Stockton
ATTEST:
ELIZA R. GARZA, CMC
City Clerk of the City of Stockton
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