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File #: 211416    Version: 1
Type: Officer's Communication Status: Approved
File created: 3/9/2021 In control: City Council
On agenda: 3/11/2021 Final action: 3/11/2021
Enactment date: 3/11/2021 Enactment #: 211416
Title: City Solicitor requesting to retain outside counsel to determine how best to pursue the prompt access of Covid19 vaccinations to disadvantaged residents.
Code sections: Contract -

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City Solicitor requesting to retain outside counsel to determine how best to pursue the prompt access of Covid19 vaccinations to disadvantaged residents.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

Pursuant to Section 2-121 of the Code of Ordinances, I hereby request approval to retain the services of the law firm Foley Hoag LLP, 155 Seaport Blvd #1600, Boston, MA 02110, as outside counsel to represent the City of Somerville for the purpose of determining how best to pursue the prompt distribution and/or access of COVID-19 vaccinations to disadvantaged Somerville residents, including those deemed economically or otherwise more vulnerable than the average population.

 

I am available to answer any questions or concerns you may have.  Thank you for your consideration in this matter.

 

Sincerely,

 

Francis X. Wright, Jr.

City Solicitor

 

 

Amended

Insert "pro bono" before "outside counsel" to clarify that the services to be rendered are pro bono services.