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WS — Item 6 <br />WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />Work Session Item 6 <br />Date: Council Work Session, July 7, 2008 <br />To: City Council <br />From: Gordon Heitke <br />Re: Professional Services RFPs <br />Background <br />In early 2008, staff and Council discussed proceeding with soliciting proposals for civil <br />legal services and prosecution legal services, as a practice of periodically sending out <br />requests for proposals (RFPs) for ongoing professional services. As previously <br />communicated to council members, this activity was rescheduled for multiple reasons. <br />Staff has solicited proposals for the Council's consideration at this time. <br />RFPs for civil legal services were sent to selected firms listed as League of Minnesota <br />Cities Marketplace vendors, firms known to be interested in submitting proposals for <br />general municipal legal services, and the law firm currently serving as city attorney. <br />Firms known to not have a significant focus on municipal law or those providing services <br />or serving clients which result in a higher potential for conflicts of interest were avoided. <br />Eight proposals were received and are enclosed. <br />Please be aware that proposals for prosecution services were also solicited through the <br />LMC vendor guide listing, from firms known to be interested in submitting a proposal, <br />and from the law firm currently providing prosecution services to Lino Lakes. Some of <br />the proposals include providing both civil and prosecution services. This agenda item <br />deals only with civil legal services. The Chief of Police and I will be presenting <br />prosecution proposals to you for consideration at the next work session. <br />Staff has prepared a chart summarizing key information (related to civil legal services) <br />for each proposal. The directors identified the following factors as being most important <br />in the selection of a law firm to provide civil legal services: 1) the breadth of specialized <br />expertise within the firm and capability of addressing all or most of the legal issues to be <br />experienced by Lino Lakes, 2) the lead attorney and assistant attorney has considerable <br />1 <br />