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Department Approval <br />Request for Council Action <br />Da�: 711�2 <br />It�'1 Nu�li1�':YI. c. <br />ager A proval Agenda Section <br />� '4�u�izatio� B� <br />Item Description: Bond Counsel, City Attorney, Development Attorney, Prosecuting <br />Attorney <br />Backnround <br />Last Monday, the City Council directed me to produce a summary of all the Responses to <br />the City's RFP for legal services, and to recommend four firms in each category of legal <br />service. <br />Summary of All Firms <br />The attached, four-page table summarizes the 17 proposals. <br />Recommendation <br />I cannot in good faith recommend firms at this point. Chris Miller, our Finance Director, <br />and his staff have not had a chance to interview the four firms interested in providing Bond <br />Counsel services. I have not interviewed the eight firms interested in providing City <br />Attorney services. Acting Police Chief Sletner and her staff have not had an opportunity to <br />interview the nine firms offering Prosecution services. In addition, staff have not spoken <br />with references supplied by the 17 law firms or with colleagues in other cities who may be <br />familiar with each firm's work. <br />Council Action Recommended <br />Allow affected staff an opportunity to interview the law firms that submitted proposals and <br />call references. <br />If the Council chooses to move forward without any staff interviews of law firms or reference <br />checking, then -- based solely on the written proposals -- I recommend Council interview <br />the following firms to provide the following services (firms listed in alphabetical order) : <br />Bond Counsel <br />1. Best 8y Flanagan <br />2. Briggs & Morgan <br />3. Dorsey 8v Whitney <br />4. Kennedy 8s Graven <br />Development Attorney <br />1. Briggs 8s Morgan <br />2. Campbell Knutson <br />3. Kennedy & Graven <br />4. Ratwik, Roszak 8v Maloney <br />City Attorney <br />1. Campbell Knutson <br />2. Jensen, Bell, Converse & Erickson <br />3. Kennedy $y Graven <br />4. Ratwik, Roszak 8v Maloney <br />Prosecuting Attorney <br />1. Campbell Knutson <br />2. Eckberg, Lammers, Briggs et al. <br />3. Jensen, Bell 8s Converse <br />4. Kelly 8� Fawcett <br />