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CC Work Session 2. 2. <br />Meeting Date: 07/25/2017 <br />Information <br />Title: <br />Discuss Prosecution Legal Services Contract <br />Purpose/Background: <br />In 2013, the City solicited proposals for attorney services for criminal prosecution legal services. Council selected <br />Randall & Goodrich, P.L.C. for criminal prosecution legal services. The City has had a long-standing legal services <br />arrangement with Bill Goodrich for over 30 plus years. <br />The most recent City Attorney contract for criminal prosecution legal services had been in place for three years. <br />The 3-year contract for Randall & Goodrich, P.L.C. expired June 30, 2016, and was extended another year to June <br />30, 2017. It can be extended indefinitely under a 30-day termination provision. <br />The City's ordinance 2-275(e)(1) states request for proposals (RFP's) will generally be used to solicit proposals for <br />professional services. The city does retain outside professional services in the area of legal. City ordinance <br />2-275(e)(3) states, "An RFP will be solicited every three years (for standard city services such services as legal and <br />towing)...". The last full review of legal services was in 2013 at which time fourteen firms submitted bids to be <br />considered for our contract. <br />The City contracts civil legal services with the firm Ratwik, Roszak & Maloney whose contract expires December <br />31, 2017. The total paid expenditures for the last 3 years for legal services are as follows: <br />2014: <br />Civil: $65,279 <br />Criminal: $73,001 <br />Total: $138,280 <br />2015: <br />Civil: $83,896 <br />Criminal : $69,858 <br />Total: $153,754 <br />2016: <br />Civil: $68,779 <br />Criminal : $68,450 <br />Total: $137,229 <br />Timeframe: <br />20 minutes <br />Funding Source: <br />Dependent on selected RFP for prosecution services. <br />Responsible Party(ies): <br />Outcome: <br />