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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 3-5-85 PAGE 2 Dunn feels that some of the bidders should be eliminated as they did not follow the format requested for this bid. He feels that Travenier has presented the best bid, and has experience with criminal work. Armstrong stated she knows Mr.Tavenier does all the prosecutions for Oakdale, and he is very confident in court. Morgan stated that Mr. Tavenier meets all of the requirements - he bid the way that he was asked to, he is known in Washington County, he lives nearby and works for a nearby City and he is cheaper than the other bids. Morgan stated that since the criminal work is of a routine nature, and if Mr. Tavernier presents a favorable interview, it would not be necessary to interview any other applicants for the criminal/prosceutions for the City. Mazzara stated that since this was put out on bid, we should at least give the applicants the courtesy of an interview, and feels that the applicants' qualifications and references should be checked out. Regarding the bids for the civil work for the City, Armstrong stated there is a good cross section of applicants and suggested interviewing all of the applicants, except Ray Marshall, as it has already been indicated that the Council feels there is a potential conflict of interest with his firm representing the City in civil matters. Dunn suggested interviewing some of the applicants, not necessarily all of them. He questions the retainers as some of the things covered under the retainer are not needed by the City. Moosbrugger has low bid at $45 per hour, but the $600 per year retainer could perhaps be negotiated. Morgan stated the Council has to be careful to not alter the financial intention of the bid. We have to make the decision based on what was bid. Mazzara stated he had no problem with interviewing all of the applicants. He further questioned the qualifications of the low bidder for the civil work, Moosbrugger & Murray. Phillip Moosbrugger would be representing the City, and it does not appear that he has had very much experience as far as civil work is concerned. Gordon Moosbrugger has civil experience, but has not worked in any kind of city work since 1980. All of the other applicants appear to be currently involved in civil type work. Dunn stated a lot of the civil work is routine matters. If we get into "heavy stuff", we may want to refer it to another firm. But on the little things, we may be better off taking someone - even with a lack of experience - to handle the routine matters. Consensus of the Council is to interview David Magnuson, Phillip Moosbrugger, Frederick Knaa.ck and George Borer on Tuesday, March 19th beginning at 5:30 p.m. Armstrong, Dunn, Christ and Morgan agreed that it is not necessary to interview Ray Marshall for the civil work as this is where they feel there is a conflict of interest.