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December 21, 2015
Mr. Clark Schroeder, Interim City Administrator
City of Lake Elmo
3800 Laverne Avenue North
Lake Elmo, Minnesota 55042
Re: FOCUS Standard Hourly Rate Schedule Via Email
City of Lake Elmo, Minnesota
Dear Clark:
Attached please find a copy of our Standard Hourly Rate Schedule to be used for 2016. FOCUS
has not increased billing rates since we started business and began serving Lake Elmo in July
2011. For the first time, the 2016 Hourly Rate Schedule reflects a billing rate increase for myself
from $118 per hour to $120 per hour (about 1.7%) while continuing to keep the billing rates for
Ryan, Chad and Frank unchanged.
Other changes to note includes the staff addition of Mark Scholle who is working primarily in
the City of Victoria and the addition of a Project Engineer category with a billing rate of $72 per
hour. This category may be filled at some point in 2016 should one or more of our Graduate
Engineers receive their Professional Engineering license.
We appreciate the continued opportunity to serve the City of Lake Elmo. Please contact me
should you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
John (Jack) W. Griffin, P.E.
Principal, Senior Municipal Engineer
Enclosure
Cc: Cathy Bendel, Finance Director
Julie Johnson, City Clerk
FOCUS ENGINEERING, inc.
Cara Geheren, P.E. 651.300.4261
Jack Griffin, P.E. 651.300.4264
Ryan Stempski, P.E. 651.300.4267
Chad Isakson, P.E. 651.300.4283
FOCUS ENGINEERING, inc. – Standard Hourly Rate Schedule REV 01.01.2016
FOCUS ENGINEERING, inc.
Standard Hourly Rate Schedule
Standard Hourly Rates include salaries and wages paid to personnel in each billing class plus the
cost of customary and statutory benefits, general and administrative overhead, non‐project
operating costs, and operating margin or profit.
Sr. Municipal Engineer III – Jack Griffin $120 / hour
Sr. Municipal Engineer II – Cara Geheren $112 / hour
Sr. Municipal Engineer I – Mark Scholle $105 / hour
Municipal Engineer II – Ryan Stempski $90 / hour
Municipal Engineer I – Chad Isakson $80 / hour
Project Engineer $72 / hour
Graduate Engineer – Amanda Groh $65 / hour
Graduate Engineer – Frank Borich $65 / hour
Reimbursable Expenses Schedule
Vehicle Mileage reimbursed at the current Federal IRS Rate.
Outside professional and technical services billed to the Engineer plus 10%.
Identifiable printing and reproduction costs when incurred in the direct performance
of the City’s work.
Other expenses for items and services as may be required by the City to fulfill the
terms of a specific authorization.