Dept/ Agency: Financee Action: (X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Professional Service Contract Purpose: To provide financial advisory services Entity Name: NW Financial Group, LLC Entity Address: 10 Exchange Place, 17th Floor, Jersey City, NJ 07302 Contract Amount: $35,000.00 plus 10 basis points on any Note/Bond Sale; the total payments of the contract and the 10 basis points fee is not to exceed $80,000.00. Funding Source: Fund 011, Agency 050, Organization 0501, Object 71280Capital Funds Contract Period: May 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS (X ) Fair & Open (X ) No Reportable Contributions ( X ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: