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Regular Ci� Council Meeti.ng Monday, Jan�uary 12, 2009 Page 19 deciding in favor of th� residents, it indicated that the Cit� Council was not d.oing. their jobs, nor that their civil attarney was providing prudent and accurate legaI advice. Councilmember Ihlan nated thai the Council majority, exclusive of her lack o� support, had cancurred with that legal advice to the detriment of the com- inunity itself; in addition to subsequent majority agreement for financial sertle- ments, casting the City's taxpayers additional rrronies. Councilmember Ihlan spoke in opposifion to any motion to extend contracts, spe- cif c to the Cit�'s civil attorney, opinin.g that it did not serve the pubIic or City's interest to extend this contracE. City Manager Mal'znen 6riefly reviewed the process for City ratification of the City Manager's recommendations for legai services; and spake in support of the City Council's action extending the contract, based on the process to-date, and al- lowing for reconsideratian and revision of the current palicy. City 1V�anager Ma- linen op�ned that, from staff 5 perspective and review o�' proposaIs, they were sat- isfied wft�i the incumbent firms. City Manager Mal�nen further opined tihat, while lawsuits and appeals were not samething anyone wanted ta go tllrough, at the end af the day, everyone fra�n a staff perspective felt comfortable with the �evel of s�erv�ces� received by the City. Following further Cit� Council discussion, and confirming receipt of applicable waivers from each firm to discuss data dee�ed private under the Data Practices Act, it was majority City Council consensus that all bids received, in their en= tirery, be mad�e part of th�se minutes far publrc review anc� information. Further discussion included costs quated and/or reduced for 2009; quaiity analysis af existiing bids; and anaIysis of performance included in the process. Mayor Klausin� spoke in support of the motion; opining that the Iegal advice provided to a client doesn't guarantee final results; and performance of the City'� civil attorney was not determined by a standard that thei�r advice was always up- held 100% by the caurt sys�em. 1Vlayor K�ausing reiterated past observaiions among Councilmemb�rs that each individual did indeed take their jobs and the best interest of the communrty irito consideration with each of their decisions, but that Yt was unxealistic that each member be in total agreement with all decisions. Mayor Klausing reiterated that if a Coun�ilmember reached a different conctusion than iheir coileagues, that didn't mea� they took their responsibility less seriausly. Cour�cilmemher Pust advised that her analysis woulc! have lead to her support of tk�e incun�bent firms; however, noted that she wouid be voting against the motion, due to her concerns regarding the process itseif.