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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 19, 2012 Page 22 At the request of Mayor Roe, City Manager Malinen briefly reviewed his rec- ommendation to approve a 2013-2015 contract for prosecution services with Er- ickson, Bell, Beckman & Quinn, as detailed in the RCA dated November 19, 2012. City Manager Malinen advised that this was the result of previous City Council authorization for the City Manager to negotiate with the current firm for civil and prosecution services for 2013 —2015. Mr. Malinen advised that he had determined that an agreement was unable to be reached for civil legal ser- vices and was currently out for proposals for those services. Therefore, Mr. Malinen advised that the requested approval was specific to prosecution ser- vices only, as addressed in Attachment A. Discussion ensued regarding any impacts in separating services, with it noted that the City had two separate firms in the past, and often services and/or inter- est was based on areas of expertise of bidding firms. Willmus moved, McGehee seconded, approval of the 2013 — 2015 contract for prosecution services (Attachment A) with Erickson, Bell, Beckman & Quinn, as recommended by City Manager Malinen, and as detailed in the RCA dated No- vember 19, 2012. Roll Call Ayes: Johnson; McGehee; Willmus; and Roe. Nays: None. g. Consider Accepting the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Subcommittee Reports and Recommendations At the request of Mayor Roe, Finance Director Miller, provided a brief back- ground and history of reports to-date of the CIP Subcommittee consisting of him, Councilmember Johnson, Mayor Roe, and City Manager Malinen. Mr. Miller noted that those recommendations were detailed in the RCA dated No- vember 19, 2012. Mr. Miller advised that the intent of the requested action was to memorialize those efforts and expectations for future City Councils to retain funding mecha- nisms for capital needs of the City. Mr. Miller noted the intent that those rec- ommendations be revisited and amended as appropriate with each future bienni- al budget cycle. As a member of the Subcommittee, Mayor Roe emphasized one item (line 326 on, page 9 of 10 of the September 10, 2012 report) and additional recommenda- tions included that further recommended changes adopted to the existing CIP to require biennial review of projections to ensure they keep pace with inflation, etc. and graphs met moving forward. Mayor Roe noted that this would make sure such action remained on the radar for future City Council consideration.