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• <br /> j� 470 Pillsbury Center <br /> Kennedy 200 South Sixth Street <br /> J Minneapolis MN 55402 <br /> (612)337-9300 telephone <br /> Graven (612)337-9310 fax <br /> CHAR TER ED http://wwwkennedy-graven.com <br /> ROBERT C.LONG <br /> Attorney at Law <br /> Direct Dial(612)337-9202 <br /> • email:rlong@kennedy-graven.com <br /> September 13, 1999 <br /> Chuck Whiting <br /> City Administrator <br /> City of Mounds View <br /> 2401 Highway 10 <br /> Mounds View, MN 55112 <br /> RE: Proposed Rate Increases'for 2000 <br /> Dear Chuck: <br /> As we discussed a few weeks ago, Kennedy & Graven is instituting rate increases to adjust for <br /> the inflationary costs of doing business in the cities where we have not had a rate increase for <br /> several years. As you know, Kennedy & Graven's hourly rates for the City of Mounds View <br /> have remained at $100 for retainer and $115 for non-retainer work since I began working as city <br /> attorney in 1995. <br /> With annual inflation running between 2% and 3% for the past several years, a rate increase of <br /> 10%would probably be in order for the year 2000. However, in an effort to hold costs down and <br /> to minimize the impact on the city's budget, I propose the following rate increases for services <br /> for 2000: <br /> 1. Increase from $100 to $105 per hour for general retainer legal services (a 5% increase). <br /> This would increase the city's monthly retainer fee from$3,000 to $3,150 per month. <br /> 2. Increase from $115 to $120 per hour for non-retainer legal services paid by the city, such <br /> as litigation and legislative services (a 5% increase). <br /> 3. Increase from $115 to $135 per hour for legal services paid by third parties, such as <br /> developers and utilities on development agreements, zoning matters and franchise <br /> matters. This "pass through" rate of$135 is our law firm's standard "pass through" rate <br /> paid by third parties, such as developers. Allowing us to move from $115 to $135 in this <br /> category of services will allow us to make up for some of the lower revenue generated by <br /> having no increase on the city's legal rates over the last five years. <br /> In response to your earlier request regarding projected costs for legislative work and litigation on <br /> the Airport issue in the year 2000, I can offer the following advice. I would estimate that the <br /> RCL-168740 <br /> MU125-5 <br />