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<br />WS – Item 7 <br />WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />Work Session Item No. 7 <br /> <br /> <br />Date: March 5, 2018 <br /> <br />To: City Council <br /> <br />From: Jeff Karlson, City Administrator <br /> <br />Re: RFP’s for Civil Legal Services <br /> <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />Last November the City requested proposals for civil legal services. RFP’s were mailed <br />to 15 law firms who specialize in municipal law. The RFP was also posted on the League <br />of Minnesota Cities and City of Lino Lakes websites. The deadline for submitting <br />proposals was January 5th. The City received eight proposals. Staff evaluated the <br />proposals a prepared the summary below. <br /> <br />Campbell Knutson <br /> <br />The firm employs 15 attorneys and 10 legal assistants. Over 90% of the firm’s revenue is <br />generated by public sector clients. The lead attorney would be Matt Brokl. He has 12 <br />years of experience with Campbell Knutson representing municipal clients. Brokl’s <br />practice areas are general municipal, land use, litigation, and real estate. <br /> <br />Campbell Knutson provides city attorneys for nearly two dozen cities and one township, <br />which includes the following metro cities: Arden Hills, Burnsville, Chanhassen, Edina, <br />Elk River, Farmington, Lakeville, North St. Paul, Plymouth, and St. Louis Park. <br /> <br />They proposed the following rates: <br /> Lead/Attorney/Shareholders: $155.00/hr. <br /> Attorneys: $145.00/hr. <br /> Legal Assistants/Law Clerks: $ 85.00/hr. <br /> <br />The minimum increment of time for billings is .10 hours (6 minutes). <br /> <br />Eckberg Lammers <br /> <br />Eckberg Lammers has seven attorney/shareholders and ten associate attorneys. <br />Municipal work accounted for 30.9% of total billings in 2016. Patrick Sweeney would be <br />the lead attorney. He has 25 years of experience as an attorney. Mr. Sweeney was Lino <br />Lakes’ prosecution attorney for a number of years. He is the city attorney for Blaine. <br />Sweeney spends nearly 75 percent of his time on general municipal activities, including <br />prosecution and development matters, such as preliminary and final plats, development <br />negotiations, special assessments, and conditional use permits.