HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2024-244RESOLUTION NO.2024-244
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA AUTHORIZING $130,000 TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY FOR PAYMENT OF INVOICES TO OUTSIDE
COUNSEL IN THE NUNIS LITIGATION
WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista retained attorneys with the outside law firm of
Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP (“Manning Kass”) to defend City and its Police
Officers against litigation initiated by the Oral Nunis family; and
WHEREAS, the attorneys retained from Manning Kass to defend City and its Police
Officers in the Nunis case later left Manning Kass to work for Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith
LLP (“Lewis Brisbois”), but continued to defend City and its Officers in the lawsuit; and
WHEREAS, City and its outside counsel retained experts and vendors to provide services
for the defense of City and its Police Officers during the pretrial and trial phases of the Nunis
lawsuit; and
WHEREAS, City has been awaiting final invoices from Manning Kass and Lewis Brisbois
since the conclusion of the lawsuit and now requests additional spending authority to make final
payments to the outside attorneys and vendors for their services during the Nunis litigation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
that it authorizes $130,000 in authority to the City Attorney for payment of invoices from Manning
Kass and Lewis Brisbois for outside counsel and vendors services in the Nunis litigation.
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Resolution No. 2024-244
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Presented by Approved as to Form by
Marco A. Verdugo Marco A. Verdugo
City Attorney City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 17th day of December 2024 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Chavez, Fernandez, Inzunza, Preciado, and McCann
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
John McCann, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2024-244 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular
meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 17th day of December 2024.
Executed this 17th day of December 2024.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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