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JEFFREY P. HICKEN *1 <br />MICHAEL J. SCOTT <br />ROBERT A. HOWARD <br />MARNA L. ANDERSON f <br />OF COUNSEL <br />EDWARD A. BOCK, JR. <br />HICKEN, SCOTT, HOWARD & ANDERSON, P.A. <br />ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br />Members of Ramsey City Council <br />City of Ramsey <br />7550 Sunwood Drive N.W. <br />Ramsey, MN 55303 <br />300 ANOKA OFFICE CENTER <br />2150 THIRD AVENUE <br />ANOKA, MINNESOTA 55303 -2296 <br />TELEPHONE (763) 421 -4110 <br />FACSIMILE (763) 421 -1040 <br />April 2, 2013 <br />Re: Recommendation - Berglund & Berglund for Ramsey City Attorney <br />Dear Council Members: <br />*Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lait yens <br />f Qualified Neutral under Rule 114 of the Minnesota General Rules of Practice <br />LEGAL ASSISTANTS <br />SANDY KRUSE <br />JULIE A. LARSON <br />ARLENE L. KELLY <br />SEPTEMBER D. HOLMBLAD, PP, PLS <br />KRISTIN M. SATCHELL <br />KANDY K. ANTTILA <br />I am an attorney in Anoka with the law firm Hicken, Scott, Howard & Anderson, P.A. and the <br />purpose of this letter is to support the application of Berglund & Berglund for the Ramsey <br />City Attorney position. <br />First I will introduce myself and my experience upon which to base this recommendation. <br />Since 1980 I have served as the chief prosecuting attorney for the City of Anoka and also <br />served as the prosecuting attorney for the City of Falcon Heights from 1987 through 1992. <br />I have also served as a conflict attorney and temporary prosecutor for many other <br />municipalities in Anoka County as well as other cities in Minnesota, including the Cities of <br />Ramsey, Elk River, Brooklyn Park, Mankato and St. Paul where I was appointed by the <br />Mayor's Office to conduct a special investigation into the alleged campaign practice <br />violations of city council candidates. <br />As a prosecutor, I am responsible for prosecuting all petty misdemeanors, misdemeanors <br />and gross misdemeanor violations occurring in the City of Anoka. Further, I have also been <br />the Hearings Officer for the City of Ramsey dealing with the revocation of City licenses and <br />zoning violations. Our law firm also represented the City of Anoka in all civil matters for <br />nearly 20 years. <br />Attorney Joseph Van Thomme, the current prosecutor for the City of Ramsey, is a good <br />young lawyer. However, I understand that John Berglund and Mark Berglund with the firm <br />