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Kelly & Lemmons, P.A. <br />A T T O R N E Y S A T L A W <br />Patrick J. Kelly <br />pkel ly(&kel l yandl emmons.com <br />January 16, 2014 <br />Mr. Joel Hanson <br />City Administrator <br />City of Little Canada <br />515 Little Canada Rd. E. <br />Little Canada, MN 55117 <br />RE: Engagement Letter -- City Attorney Services <br />Dear Mr. Hanson: <br />I write this letter requesting reappointment of Kelly & Lemmons, P.A. as the City Attorney for <br />the City of Little Canada for a term of five years. The services we will provide will be identical <br />to those provided in the past. <br />Since our initial engagement we have not requested the inflationary increases provided for in the <br />contract, If we had, our hourly rates for calendar year 2014 would be $139.11 for civil work and <br />$115.93 for prosecution. We are not, at this time, seeking the inflationary increases, as we <br />believe that the hourly rates established in 2008 remain fair and reasonable. We are, however, <br />asking for an increase in the monthly cap for prosecution services. <br />We seek to increase the monthly cap for two reasons. First, Ramsey County court administration <br />has recently reconfigured the calendaring system for suburban criminal cases which requires <br />additional time in court that was not required in 2008. Second, as we now have years of <br />prosecution data to draw upon, we are able to more accurately gauge our time spent on Little <br />Canada prosecution. Accordingly, we are requesting to increase the monthly cap for prosecution <br />services from $5,000.00 to $6,133.00. This figure represents the average monthly fees generated <br />for Little Canada Prosecution over the past three years (calendar years 2011, 2012, and 2013). 1 <br />have attached to this letter a breakdown of the fees generated by month since we became the <br />City's full -time prosecutors in February 2008. We propose to phase in the increase over the next <br />two years by increasing the monthly cap in 2014 to $5,566.50 and in 2015 to $6,133.00. <br />Please review the following teens and contact me if you have any questions. <br />1. Services, Term. <br />Our firm will provide the following services as City Attorney for Little Canada for a period of <br />five (5) years from the date of this agreement: <br />223 LITTLE CANADA ROAD, STE 200, LITTLE CANADA, MN 55117 <br />TELEPHONE 651 -224 -3781 FACSIMILE 651-223-8019 <br />www.kellyandlemmons.co m <br />2 <br />