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7/Z' Waaaa <br />515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117 -1600 <br />(651) 766 -4029 / FAX: (651) 766 -4048 <br />www. ci.little- canada. mn. us <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Mayor Blesener, Members of the City Council <br />FROM: Joel R. Hanson, City Administrator <br />DATE: April 5, 2007 <br />RE: 2007 Canadian Days Fireworks Contract <br />MAYOR <br />6i11 Blesener <br />COUNCIL <br />Rick Montour <br />Barbara Allan <br />John Keis <br />Michael McGraw <br />ADMINISTRATOR <br />Joel R. Hanson <br />As you know, the City contracts for the fireworks display at Canadian Days in order to ensure we <br />have the proper insurance coverage from the City's perspective. (The vendor has to provide <br />$5,000,000 of coverage, but we also have the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust (LMCIT) <br />waive the fireworks exclusion given the event occurs on city /school district property. <br />We solicited quotes from four Vendors for a $7,500 display with $6,500 coming from our 10% fund <br />and $1000 from Canadian Days. Chuck Pechmann of Canadian Days reviewed the quotations and <br />recommended we retain RES Specialty Pyrotechnics as the company for this year's event. (This is <br />the same firm who did last year's celebration and their display was excellent.) <br />There is also an opportunity to lock in a multiyear contract with 11% additional fireworks for each <br />year that will essentially keep the show at the same level for the duration of the contract. While this <br />sounds like a good value, I can not determine if we are truly getting 11% more value versus requiting <br />the shoot each year. <br />Subject to your thoughts on the multiyear contract, staff recommends we contract with RES for the <br />2007 Canadian Days Fireworks Display. <br />