General Legal Services

The Vendor is required to provide general legal services for include:
- General legal counsel
•    Interpretation of federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and policies
•    Board governance and bylaws, interlocal agreements
•    Policy review concerning changes in laws, regulations, and standards
- Labor law
•    Equal employment opportunity and civil rights
•    Employee discipline and termination issues
•    Collective bargaining matters and arbitration
•    FMLA regulations
- Litigation support
•    Representation of agency in administrative and civil matters
- Procurement and contracting
•    Draft and review of procurement documents, contracts, agreements, and MOUs
•    Compliance with federal and state regulations, including 2 CFR 200, FTA circulars, buy America, and disadvantaged business enterprise
- Real estate and property
•    Easements, rights-of-way, and property acquisition
•    Eminent domain
- Specialized transit topics
•    Indiana code governing public transportation operations
•    Special taxing district
•    Bus advertising
•    Ada compliance
•    Title vi compliance
•    Service funding agreements
- Additional support
•    Policy review and development
•    Attendance at board meetings, as needed.