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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 24, 2008 Page 13 Mayor Klausing noted the age of the employee, and questioned City Attorney Squires as to the City Council's ability to limit the age for servers of alcohol. City Attorney Squires advised that the City Council could amend their ordinance to more stringently restrict the age of servers of alcohol. Councilmember Pust concurred with Councilmember Roe's comments on the need to amend the ordinance to encourage compliance while also being cognizant of the realities of running a hospitality business. Roll Call Ayes: Pust; Willmus; Roe; Ihlan; and Klausing. Nays: None. Mayor Klausing noted that Fuddruckers had ten (10) days for appeal of this ac- tion. d. Consider Legal Services Contract for City Prosecutor and City Attorney City Manager Malinen reviewed the additional detail on the panel ranking, ration- ale, and recommendation of the incumbent legal firms for prosecutorial and civil legal services to the City of Roseville, as outlined in the staff report dated No- vember 20, 2008; and his ultimate recommendation. City Manager Malinen re- spectfully requested City Council ratification of his recommendation for appoint- ment as indicated. City Manager Malinen indicated that he anticipated additional cost savings with both firms, beyond the proposed budget projections for 2009. Discussion included staff's rationale for not contacting references for other appli- cants and verification of their responses; with City Manager Malinen advising that he had not taken that additional step, opining that it was not necessary since his recommendation was not for consideration of one of those other firms; and that staff was familiar with the incumbents' records and response times. Further discussion included attorney time working with the City Council and the majority of hours spent working with staff on various issues on a daily basis; ex- perience of the firms making application; consent from applicant firms to make their proposals public for discussion at tonight's meeting; the track record of in- cumbents in working with the City; and future consideration of a formal struc- tured evaluation for legal counsel. Additional discussion included contract amounts paid in 2008; projected 2009 contractual fees; and actual proposed fees budgeted against non-retainer items. Further discussion included roll over of reserves into General Fund reserves; and clarification that the City Manager is asking the City Council for ratification of