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RANDALL, DEHN ~3 GOODKICH ~140 FOUrtH AVE~U~ ~0~ ANOg, MINNESOTA 55303 MEMORANDUM TELEPHONE (612) 42l--5424 TELECOPIER. (61~) ,~21-4213 TO: FROM: RE: DATE: Ramsey City Council Budget Committee William K. Goodrich, City Attorney 1992 Legal Services September 10, 1991 Z do not propose any hourly rate change for my firm's legal services in 1992. The hourly .rates, which have been in effect for the past several years, are $75.00 for civil matters, $60.00 for prosecution matters, and $100.00 for those services which can be charged directly to escrow accounts. A flat $100.00 per Council meeting is charged. With regard to the prosecution legal services, through August 31, 1991, the City has paid my firm fees of $15,500.00 and Ms. Helling reports the City has received $30,841.00 in revenue from fines. In 1990, the City received a total of $.41,000.00 in fines and the prosecution fees were $31,000.00. You should note that not all fines generated are result of prosecution efforts as some fines are received from persons pleading guilty and simply paying their fine to the Court. I do not believe any budget increase for your 1992 general legal services is necessary, and you may want to consider reducing the budget for this item. As you know, the budget for all civil legal services can be controlled very effectively by a reduction in services requested. Staff has been monitoring this closely and you will note a decrease in my firm's legal fees to date in 1991. This was as discussed and predicted at the January 18, 1991 Personnel Committee meeting. Please be assured that we will continue to work with the Council and staff in providing efficient, effective legal services to the City, notwithstanding the City's present budget constraints.