Category: Legal Legals Source: Herald Marketplace Listed: Thu Aug 28th
CITY OF WILDWOOD Cape May County, New Jersey RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE AWARD OF A NON-FAIR AND OPEN CONTRACT TO GRR CONSULTING SERVICES, LLC FOR CONSULTING AND ADVISORY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WHEREAS, Edmund Grant is the principal of GRR Consulting Services, LLC, (hereinafter GRR) of Cape May, New Jersey; WHEREAS, GRR has been previously retained by the City to provide operational and administrative consulting services and has demonstrated extensive experience in the areas of municipal administration, local government affairs, coordinating agency activities, multiparty municipal litigation, and municipal finance; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners wishes to enter into a new agreement with GRR for professional consulting and advisory services with respect to GRRs specialized expertise and proven reputation at the local and County level concerning labor and contract negotiations, shared services and interlocal agreements with the County and other municipalities, and multiparty litigation involving the City, local governmental units and federal and state agencies as a non-fair and open contract pursuant to Pay to Play laws, N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.4 et seq as the services needed by the City in this regard, and the level of confidentiality required to competently perform the same, do not permit the formulation of precise specifications; and WHEREAS, the total value of the agreement with GRR Consulting Services, LLC will exceed $17,500.00; and WHEREAS, GRR Consulting Services, LLC has completed and submitted a Business Entity Disclosure Certification which certifies that said entity has not made any reportable contributions to a political or candidate committee in the City of Wildwood in the previous one year, and that the contract will prohibit it from making any reportable contributions for the term of the contract; and WHEREAS, the services to be provided by GRR are extraordinary and unspecified services that are specialized and qualitative in nature and require expertise, extensive training, a proven reputation and a high degree of confidentiality and trust as set forth herein; and WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(a) permits the award of a contract for professional services and extraordinary and unspecified services without public advertising and bidding. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Wildwood, County of Cape May, State of New Jersey as follows: 1.That the provisions of the above preamble of this Resolution are hereby incorporated herein, by this reference, as if set forth at length. 2.That the City is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with GRR Consulting Services, LLC, for a term of two (2) months with an option to extend for an additional two (2) months as necessary to address the scope of the of the contract in an amount not to exceed Twenty-Five Thousand ($25,000.00) Dollars, said figure representing the potential expenditure for the initial and additional term as contemplated herein, and that the appropriate City officials are hereby authorized to sign any and all documents in furtherance of the same. 3.That the Business Disclosure Entity Certification and Determination of Value provided by GRR Consulting Services, LLC shall be placed on file, together with this Resolution. 4.That the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute the contract on behalf of the City, and to take all other actions necessary to effectuate the purpose thereof. Krista McConnell, Commissioner Steve Mikulski, Commissioner Ernest Troiano, Jr., Mayor I, Karen M. Gallagher, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Wildwood, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was adopted at a Regular Meeting of the Wildwood Board of Commissioners, held this 27th day of August, 2025, and in witness whereof I have hereunder set my hand and official seal on this date written. Karen M. Gallagher, Deputy City Clerk 1 xFee=$69.73 9/3/25
