ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
25-338
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
November 7, 2023
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve multiyear Contract
No. DCCB-2023-F-0043 with Edelson PC 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-0043 with Edelson PC Approval and
Payment Authorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023”.
Sec. 2. (a) There exists a need to approve multiyear Contract No. DCCB-2023-F-0043
with Edelson PC to provide legal services to the Office of the Attorney General for a consumer-
protection 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-0043 with
Edelson PC Approval and Payment Authorization Emergency Act of 2023 be adopted after a
single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.