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Legal Service RFP Memo <br />June 2, 2003 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />Firm Retainer <br />Amount <br />Depth of Firm Depth of <br />Response <br />Kelly & Fawcett $2,800 Low (7) Adequate <br />Winthrop & Weinstine $2,900 High (70) Adequate <br />Barna, Guzy & Steffen $3,000 High (26) High <br />Halleland Lewis Nilan $4,800 High (50) High <br />Knaak & Kantrude $5,500 Low (5) Adequate <br />Jenson Bell Converse $3,000 Medium (10) Low <br />Kennedy & Graven $3,000 High (26) High <br />Newquist & Ekstrum $2,800 Low (5) Low <br />Campbell & Knutson $8,500 Medium (10) High <br />Ratwick Roszak & Maloney $16,000 High (21) High <br /> <br />Firms not Selected for Interview: <br /> <br />Six firms, beginning with Knaak & Kantrude in the table above, were not selected for <br />interview. While most submitted good responses, some were simply too expensive to <br />realistically consider. Other firms, such as Knaak & Kantrude and Newquist & Ekstrum, <br />lacked a sufficient depth and base of experience. Some of the proposals themselves were <br />lacking in depth and detail, which was a drawback in the case of Jenson Bell Converse. <br />Last, in the case of Kennedy & Graven, while they have provided legal services to the City <br />of Mounds View for many years, department heads and city administrators past and present <br />have expressed frustration with the level of responsiveness exhibited by the city attorney. <br />For that and other reasons, Kennedy & Graven was not selected for an interview. <br /> <br />Prosecution Services: <br /> <br />Chief Sommer and I reviewed the responses for prosecution services and it is our <br />recommendation to continue with the firm of Hughes and Costello under the terms they <br />propose. <br /> <br />Conclusion <br /> <br />At a minimum, please review the information I have provided and let me know if anything <br />appears out of order. If you have had the time to review the individual proposals in depth <br />and have specific comments, I would be happy to discuss the proposal in greater detail. <br /> <br />After the panel interviews the four selected firms, we will rank the firms and present the <br />rankings to the City Council with a recommendation and resolution to appoint a firm to <br />provide civil legal services to the City of Mounds View. <br /> <br /> <br />__________________________________ <br />Jim Ericson, Interim City Administrator <br /> <br /> <br />C:\Documents and Settings\JimE\Favorites\Admin\Legal RFPs\Staff Memo - May 28, 2003.doc