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216 March 7, 1979 consultant and broker; Jeff Isenberg, Wm. Peat Co., Insurance consultant; and Byron Clarke of Alexander and Alexander. Mr. Robert Kelly was present at the meeting. He is with McGuire, Dale and Kelly, 3585 Lexington Ave,. St. Paul, MN 55112. Telephone 483 -2654 (in the Arden Hills Plaza). Mr. Schneider stated that the City is dissatisfied with their present insurance company which is the Forest Lake Insurance Company, and asked Mr. Kelly to differentitate first on the difference between an insurance consultant and an insurance broker, as the City was interested in delegating the responsibility of kinds and coverage of insurance to someone. Mr. Kelly replied that in the State of Minnesota a consultant is not re- quired to be licensed - only an agent is trequire to hage a license. Wm Peat Co. is the only agency that is solely consultants. (note: Mr. Schneider stated that Jeff Isenberg of the Wm Peat Co., would appear onlu on a fee basis and the City wasn't really interested in this type of an arrangement.) Mr. Kelly said he was an agent and would give a brief back- ground of his experience. He has 20 years of insurance experienceboth as undeTwriter and as agent. His agency (Robert Kelly Insurance Agency recently merged to become McGuire, Dale and Kelly and with the added associates, he feels they are in a better position to give even more service. An associate of Me. Kelly's handles the coverage for the City of Roseville; Mr. Kelly himself has 40 commercial accounts, some of them schools. Mr. Schneider asked Mr. Kelly to explain the process the City would go through in changing insurance companies. Mr. Kelly stated that the first step would be to have the City (either the Mayor or City Clerk or someone in authority) sign a letter authorizing Mr. Kelly to represent the City in effect so that he would be able to approach the Insurance Bureau and have access to the City's liability records, fire records, etc. This would not be a binding letter, simply a gentlemen's agreement at this point. A decision is withheld until a formal presentation is made. Mr, Kelly would then get back to the City within 4 -6 weeks with a report as to the risk coverage, needs, and at this time a formal proposal would be made to the City either to the effect that Mr. Kelly could give better coverage, or another company would bea better decision, or yet they would be better to stay with their present company. Mayor Karth asked Mr. Kelly about the service as to availability for meetings with the Council, etc. He stated this was a primary concern of the City, that the insurance agent would review their coverage to make certain that the City was adequately covered and so forth. 1 Mr. Kelly replied that he would start with a complete check list which would be worked down to a more compact list with respect to term coverage, vehicle coverage, etc. The policy would be on a 90 -day check off. This is, 90 days before the expiration date, Mr. Kelly would review the coverage and then any changes that needed to be made could be done before the renewal date. Mr. Kelly then reviewed again the procedure given above, and Mr. Schneider said he would bring this up before the Council on Monday's meeting on the 12th of March. Mr. Kelly gave Mayor Karth and Mr. Schneider a copy of the letter that someone from the City would sign authorizing him to go ahead with his investigation and a copy of the letter was left for the Council's review. The meeting adjourned at 8:45 P.M. These minutes were not considered fo a, proyal since no quorum was present; Entered for information only;