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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />November 22, 2000 <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Councilmcmbers <br /> <br />Joe Lynch, City Administrator ~ <br />City Attorney <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Backe:round <br />City Attorney, Jcrry Filla, has served the City well for many years. He also provides legal <br />services to other municipal clients as well. The City has made recent changes to staff and City <br />Council. While it is not good to change for the sake of change, it does serve the residents of <br />Arden Hills to ensure that we are receiving sound legal advised in a timely fashion, at a fair <br />pnce. <br /> <br />We have seen an increased need for legal advice for issues both before the City Council and <br />staff. Because of this increased demand, we need to examine our CUlTent arrangement for civil <br />legal services, We will be faced with greater demand for legal advice on a continuing basis due <br />to the nature of some of the issues we will be dealing with (TCAAP, private development, <br />Ordinance updates and revisions) in 2001 and beyond. <br /> <br />Recommendation <br />Based on previous correspondence regarding our current services, and the fact that the City <br />should go out in the market periodically to determine both the cost and quality available for <br />professional services, staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Administrator to <br />seek Requests for Proposals (RFP's) for legal scrvices in 2001, <br />