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_y <br />E1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />� <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Item No. =- <br />Meeting Date: June 25, 1991 <br />SUBJECT: Agreement between orange County & Northen, Blue, Little, <br />Rooks, Thibaut and Anderson, Attorneys at Law, Chapel Hill <br />------------------------------ <br />DEPARTMENT: Social Services PUBLIC RR�NG YES: NO: X <br />- <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Marti Pryor -Cook, ext. 2802 <br />ATTACHMENT(S): Legal Services <br />Agreement (Northen, Blue, Little, <br />Rooks, Thibaut & Anderson Law <br />Farm, Chapel Hill) TELEPHONE NUMBER- <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill - 968 -4501 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />- <br />PURPOSE: To approve an Agreement between Orange County and Northen, - <br />Blue, Little, Rooks, Thibaut and Anderson for legal <br />services. <br />BACKGROUND: Since 1979, Northen, Blue, Little, Rooks, Thibaut and <br />Anderson Law Firm has provided legal consultation and <br />representation for the orange County Department of <br />Social Services. Legal services are required in the <br />areas of Child and Adult Protective Services, Adoptions, <br />and Adult Guardianships, in accordance with various <br />Federal and State Statutes. <br />The Attorney is compensated at an hourly rate of $60.00 <br />for services performed, and the legal assistant is <br />compensated at an hourly rate of $30.00. These rates <br />have remained the.same since July, 1988. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends approval of the Agreement <br />and authorization for the Chair to sign. <br />