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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES MARCH 15, 1988 PAGE 2 Dan informed the Council that another bill for $880.69 is forthcoming. In this breakdown it showed that Dayton passed on a subcontracted charge he incurred for Lexis Research for $680.94. Councilwoman Armstrong felt the City was committed to Mr. Dayton for $1600 and we have already paid him $881 so the City should pay him only the difference. Rose felt Mr. Dayton was qualilfied and good at what he does, but felt this was an exorbitant fee and she had no intentions of authorizing payment of this bill. She passed on a comment that was made to her regarding Dayton "if he was such an expert why did we have to pay so much for research"? In Dayton's defense, Dan made the Council aware that the Preliminary Reserach Analysis report was an outstanding report and it defined all options that were exercised. Dayton had donated twelve hours without charge and excellent reviews have been received on Dayton's presentation. REAPP was prepared to give the council a $1000 check. Councilman Graves felt the City Attorney should review the correspondence that has taken place and determine if we are liable for this bill based on any promises, verbal or written, and make a recommendation on how they should proceed. Councilman Johnson felt it was appropriate for the City Attorney do the corresponding because he was doing some of the preliminary negotiation for the City with Chuck Dayton. M/S/P Graves/Johnson - to pay Attorney Chuck Dayton the $1600 that was committed, minus the $881.23,4"Tnm to attach the $1000 check from REAPP and direct the City Attorney to look at any correspondence, verbal or written, between the City or REAPP into limits that were placed on the payment of funds for the cost of this project to the City and make a recommendation on how the City should proceed. (Motion carried 5-0). The Larkin Dancers will be giving a benefit concert on April 8th at the Tartan Park school. The Washington County Board is questionning "the wisdom of proceeding with the process" which is based on Steve Keefe stating that we have enough landfill capacity through the year 2010. Sally Evert wrote a letter extending an invitation to him to appear at the Board Meeting at 9:00 a.m. on March 22nd. City Attorney's Report According to Merriam's office, it was reported that the bill has passed the Senate full -committee and waiting for a hearing in Finance. On the House side an amendment to dismiss all the sites has not taken place yet. However, it is actively being worked on by Merriam and Nelson. 5. 201 Project - City Engineer a. Part D Change Orders 07 and #8 Change Order #7 City Engineer, Larry Bohrer, reported that Change Order No. 7 is