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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF FUNDS FROM LATER FISCAL YEARS TO ENTER INTO A MULTI-YEAR AGREEMENT FOR ONLINE LEGAL RESEARCH SERVICES AND LEGAL PRINT RESOURCES FOR THE OFFICE
OF THE CORPORATION COUNSEL.
WHEREAS, Section 10-11 of the Charter of the County of Hawai‘i (hereinafter “the Charter”) provides, in part, that “any contract, lease or other obligation requiring the payment of funds
from the appropriations of a later fiscal year or of more than one fiscal year shall be made or approved by resolution”; and
WHEREAS, the Office of the Corporation Counsel (hereinafter “the Department”) wishes to enter into an online legal research services and legal print resources, with a term of five years,
for proprietary software and other services from West Publishing Corporation on behalf of Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH, under the Westlaw legal research services; and
WHEREAS, the Westlaw legal research services provide essential online legal research services for the Department that are necessary to properly advise and represent the County in legal
matters; and
WHEREAS, continued use of the Westlaw legal research services is necessary for numerous County legal matters; and
WHEREAS, the Department estimates a year monthly cost of this agreement to be approximately $13,522.08 upon execution of the contract until December 31, 2026 and then $14,245 per month
until the end of year one, with an increase of 7% per year thereafter that includes all software updates, and a year five monthly cost of $18,672.29; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I that the Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement, with a term of five years, for the purposes hereinabove described.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, in accordance with Section 10-11 of the Charter, sufficient funds be budgeted in later fiscal years to cover the anticipated obligations of the County under
the terms of the agreement.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this resolution to William V. Brilhante, Jr., Managing Director; Diane T. Nakagawa, Director of Finance; and Renee
N. C. Schoen, Corporation Counsel.
Dated at _____________, Hawai‘i, this ______ day of ___________________, 20___.
INTRODUCED BY:
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MATTHEW KĀNEALIʻI-KLEINFELDER
Council Member
BY REQUEST OF THE:
Corporation Counsel