ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
25-296
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
October 3, 2023
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve multiyear Contract
No. DCCB-2023-F-0039 with Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC to provide legal
services to the Office of the Attorney General.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Contract No. DCCB-2023-F-0039 with Cohen Milstein Sellers &
Toll PLLC Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023”.
Sec. 2. (a) There exists a need to approve multiyear Contract No. Contract No. DCCB-
2023-F-0039 with Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC to provide legal services to the Office of
the Attorney General for an antitrust matter.
(b) Because this is a multiyear contract and involves expenditures in excess of $1 million
during a 12-month period, Council approval of this contract is required by section 451 of the
District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 803; D.C. Official
Code § 1-204.51).
(c) Council approval is necessary to allow the continuation of these vital services.
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Contract No. DCCB-2023-F-0039 with
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of
2023 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.