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I I I I I I I I I I I ,I i I I i I I I Mr. Schroeder Page 4 September 18, 1997 Randall, Dehn & Goodrich the City in any legal matters including, but not limited to, litigation and bond work. Subject to the rights of termination described in Paragraph 8 above, the provisions of this letter shall be deemed to be automatically extended from year-to-year or extended with such modifications or adjustments as the City and the Firm may from time-to-time mutually agree to. PROSECUTION ~ERVI~E~: The City appoints the Firm as it municipal prosecuting attorney, with Thomas M. Fitzpatrick acting as primary prosecutor. The Firm shall be responsible for rendering all legal services required in connection with the prosecution of petty misdemeanor, misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor offenses alleged to have been committed in the city. Such responsibility shall include the following: Preparation for and attendance at all arraignments (if required), hearings, pretrials, trials, sentencing and post sentence hearings involving such offenses; Preparation of formal complaints, motions, pleadings and other documents required in connection with the prosecution of such offenses; Notification and/or subpoenaing of all witnesses for court appearances or of continuances of such court appearances. 'd. Handling all necessary communications with witnesses, police department personnel, court and judicial personnel, defendants and defense attorneys; and Prosecution of an appeal to the Minnesota Court of Appeals on any such offense brought by any defendant on or behalf of the City. However, any such appeals will be billed at the then prevailing prosection hourly rate, and will not be subject to the "not to exceed" provision described in paragraph 5. below.