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22. The foregoing, expressly enumerated services, while intended to be extensive, is not intended to be all inclusive, and services provided shall also include those additional matters that may be considered customary and usual in the provision of legal services by a City attorney under customs and laws of the State of Minnesota. ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF ATTORNEY 1. The Attorney shall not subcontract out or assign any interest in this contract to any third party without the prior written consent ❑f the City. 2. Frederic W. Knaak shall be the principal attorney on all matters involving the representation of the City and shall be expressly, professionally, and individually responsible for all facets of that representation. 3. The Attorney shall maintain professional liability insurance coverage at all times during its representation of the City in the amount of $2,000,000 aggregate claims, and $2,000,000 individual claims. 4. It is understood by the Attorney and the City that this contract shall run for two (2) years after the appointment of the Attorney, at which time it may only be renewed upon express agreement of the City and the Attorney. Notwithstanding the intended term, it is expressly understood that the Attorney's tenure as City Attorney is at the pleasure of the City Council and that the appointment of the City Attorney may be terminated at any time with or without any cause. In the event of a termination for other -than -cause prior to the three-year term, to the extent feasible, the City shall provide sixty (60) days notice of its intention to terminate or not renew this contract. 5. On or about December 31 of each year, for the duration of this Agreement, the City Attorney and City Administrator may mutually evaluate the usage of legal services during the prior year of this Agreement in order to evaluate usage of legal services during the prior year of the Agreement in order to evaluate usage and identify areas where modification in the parties' relationship may be mutually beneficial. 6. Alt data collected, created, received, maintained, or disseminated for any purposes by the activities of the Attorney because of this Agreement and the resulting Attorney -Client relations is governed by the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, as amended, the Minnesota Rules implement such act now in force or as adopted, as welt as federal regulations on data privacy. This paragraph does not create a duty or any obligation on the part of the Attorney to provide access to public data to the public for inspection or otherwise if the public data are available from the City. Page 3 of 4