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Board adds and approves Shumaker engagement under 24-hour waiver; Mayor abstains on conflict
Summary
Under a waived 24-hour rule, the Board added and approved an engagement letter with Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP for mediation services in Nancy Smith v. Lorain, not to exceed $50,000 at a discounted $450/hour rate; Mayor Jack Bradley abstained from discussing and voting on the item because of a conflict of interest.
The Board voted to waive the 24-hour rule to add an item authorizing an engagement letter with Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP for outside legal services in the federal mediation matter Nancy Smith v. Lorain, et al. The engagement was described in the attached BOC exhibit and was authorized not to exceed $50,000, with a discounted hourly rate for Amanda Leffler of $450 (the stated standard rate is $670). The minutes record that Mayor Jack Bradley abstained from discussing and voting on the item due to a conflict of interest; Safety/Service Director Rey Carrion made the motion to waive the rule and later moved to approve the engagement.
The minutes record the roll call as showing only Rey Carrion voting "aye" on the waiver and on the approval; the text also records that the motion "carried unanimously." That phrasing in the minutes conflicts with the separate line stating Bradley abstained from participating on the matter; the article reports both details as recorded in the official minutes and flags the inconsistency in the roll-call language. Funding was noted from account 1010.V100.3110.6300.1500 and the BOC request form is attached as Exhibit A to the minutes.
