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CITY OF RAMSEY REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND PROPOSALS FOR LEGAL SERVICES March 2, 2009 Introduction The City of Ramsey is inviting interested law firms with experience representing cities that have a similar complexity in municipal criminal and/or civil matters to submit written proposals to provide City Attorney services. Municipal experience is defined as representing and/or advising cities on issues that are regularly encountered in the course of municipal activities. Firms may propose to provide Civil AND Prosecution Leqal Services OR Civil. Legal Services OR Prosecution Services. The City Attorney Will be selected by the City Council and will also work closely with the Council, City Administrator and other City Staff. Background The City of Ramsey is a Charter City, located in Anoka County, with an estimated present population of 24,000. Ramsey operates under the Council/Administrator form of government and is governed by a City Council comprised of a Mayor and six Council members. The Mayor and two members of Council are elected at-large. Four members of Council are elected to represent Wards. . All members are elected to four year terms. Ramsey provides extensive array of services including public works, police, fire, parks, planning and zoning, economic development, finance and internal management support functions. The City has 80 full-time employees and 6 part-time employees, and 50 paid- on-call firefighters. The City belongs to a property, liability, and workers' comprehensive insurance pool comprised of numerous cities, which is operated by the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust. The City's Economic Development Authority is appointed by the City Council and operates as an advisory board to the City Council. The City's Housing and Redevelopment Authority is the City Council. This contract for Legal Services is scheduled to start as of July 1, 2009. General Instructions A. Responses must provide complete information as described in this request. Nine (9) copies shall be submitted by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, April 3, 2009. The proposals shall be marked: City of Ramsey, Legal Services RFP and sent to: City of Ramsey Attn.: Kurt Ulrich, City Administrator 7550 Sunwood Drive NW Ramsey, MN 55303 B. To ensure fairness and uniformity, firms submitting responses are requested to not contact City Staff or the City Council: Questions about this RFP may be made to Kurt Ulrich, City Administrator at kulrich@cLramseV.mn.us or 763- 433-9845, prior to submission deadline. C. The City will not reimburse any expenses incurred by the firm submitting responses including but not limited to, expenses associated with the preparation and submission of the response and attendance at interview(s). D. The City reserves "the right to reject any and all proposals, to request additional information from any or all Proposers, and to suggest modifications to the terms and conditions or a retainer agreement from that offered by a Proposer. -227-