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Ms. Annette Freeman <br />September 6, 1989 <br />Page 2 <br />Our 1989 Retainer Agreement provides for a monthly retainer <br />for criminal misdemeanor work in the amount of $2,310.00. Our <br />records indicate that the time spent relative to criminal <br />misdemeanor services has increased, in part, because of the <br />increased complexity of these cases and, in part, because of the <br />severe consequences of convictions. Therefore, I am proposing <br />that the 1990 budget include a monthly retainer for criminal <br />misdemeanor work of $2,500.00 per month. <br />Legal fees relative to gross misdemeanor prosecution have <br />totaled $14,145.50 through July of 1989. Our records indicate <br />that there has been a continuous increase in the time spent on <br />gross misdemeanor cases in 1989. This category also includes <br />legal services rendered relative to appeals of a misdemeanor <br />cases. I would propose that the 1990 budget include the amount <br />of $18,000.00, which is $1,500.00 per month, for gross <br />misdemeanor prosecution. <br />Legal services which we categorize as special projects, <br />after deducting the legal fees relative to the acquisition of <br />park land and expansion of City facilities, total $22,151.50 for <br />the seven month period through July, 1989. Some part of this <br />sum is paid directly by developers. Also, a portion of this <br />amount relates to legal services rendered relative to <br />administrative issues and administrative matters, which are <br />necessary because of Joe Chlebeck's illness. Such services <br />should not be necessary in the future. Therefore, I would <br />estimate that the proposed 1990 budget for this item would be <br />$9,600.00. <br />The legal services rendered relative to civil litigation <br />for the same seven month period totals $10,607.50. This year we <br />have handled a number of unusual civil litigation cases, which <br />we would not anticipate reoccurring in 1990. I would propose a <br />1990 budget for this category of $2,400.00. <br />Our proposed 1990 legal budget would be the total of the <br />following fJgures: $1,480.00 civil retainer times twelve equals <br />$17,760.00, $2,509.00 misdemeanor criminal retainer times twe ve <br />equals $30,000.004 gross misdemeanor prosecution, $18,000.00 <br />special projects, $9,600.00; and civil litigation, $2,400.00. <br />The total proposed 1990 budget is $77,760.00. <br />Page 3 <br />