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Finance Director Lund explained that with expenditures, there is usually an asset to balance it, <br />such as when TIF was used for Flaherty & Collins and the parking ramp. She stated when the <br />City goes out for bonds, it will be asked about those types of assets. <br />Mayor Strommen noted the CAFR contains a lot of interesting information, particularly when <br />compared to prior years. She asked staff to pull out some of those key trends, such as percentage <br />of taxes collected, to provide context during the budget process. <br />Finance Director Lund stated the tax capacity value is also impacted by changes made by the <br />Legislature. <br />Councilmember LeTourneau suggested the Finance Committee schedule a meeting to address <br />the outliers, opportunities, and relationships so that can be used moving forward with the budget <br />discussion and assure transparency. <br />Finance Director Lund asked who will be the third member of the Finance Committee, noting <br />Mayor Strommen is the alternate. <br />The consensus of the Council was to support the suggestion of Councilmember LeTourneau and <br />for Mayor Strommen to attend as the alternate. <br />Mayor Strommen thanked Finance Director Lund, her staff, and Mr. Nielsen, for all of the work <br />that went into this report. <br />2.02: Review Draft Contract for City Attorney Services <br />City Administrator Ulrich reviewed the staff report and changes made to the draft contract with <br />Joseph Langel, Ratwik, Roszak & Maloney, PA, for City Attorney services. He noted staff is <br />recommending a new paragraph detailing the responsibility of attorney and staff, severability, <br />and that the City expressly reserves its right to hire independent counsel on matters it determines <br />requires an attorney with more expertise or expertise in a particular field. <br />Councilmember Riley asked about non - retainer items that are not covered, such as property and <br />development matters. <br />City Administrator Ulrich stated that relates to contested matters and if a property matter that is a <br />specific real estate transaction it will be billed hourly. He stated this is consistent with what the <br />City has been paying and if it is a fee that can be charged back to the developer, it is charged at <br />$185/hour. <br />Councilmember Riley noted reimbursable costs (Section 2.2) are laid out but it had been stated at <br />both interviews that the City would not be billed for mileage or their drive time to /from the City <br />Hall. <br />City Council Work Session / June 25, 2013 <br />Page 6 of 8 <br />