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<br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br />ANOKA COUNTY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />The Ramsey City Council conducted a City Council Work Session on Tuesday, May 26,2009, at <br />the Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. <br /> <br />Members Present: <br /> <br />Mayor Bob Ramsey <br />Councilmember John Dehen <br />Councilmember David Elvig <br />Councilmember Matt Look <br />Councilmember Colin McGlone <br />Councilmember Jeffrey Wise <br /> <br />Members Absent: <br /> <br />Councilmember David Jeffrey <br /> <br />Also Present: <br /> <br />City Administrator Kurtis Ulrich <br />Assistant City Administrator Heidi A. Nelson <br />Police Chief James Way <br />Fire Chief Dean Kapler <br />Human Resources Manager Givonna Reed Kone <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br />Mayor Ramsey called the City Council Work Session to order at 6:00 p.m. <br /> <br />APPROVE AGENDA <br /> <br />The agenda was approved as submitted. <br /> <br />COUNCIL TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION <br /> <br />.1) Review Legal Services Interviews <br /> <br />Assistant City Administrator Nelson provided a summary document based on the law firm <br />interviews conducted on May 12,2009, together with a comparison of the proposed retainer fees <br />submitted by each of the six law firms. She added the Finance Committee has recommended <br />that Randall & Goodrich and Barna Guzy be interviewed. <br /> <br />The City Council reviewed the summary and discussed the current retainer arrangement with <br />Randall & Goodrich. <br /> <br />Councilmember Dehen requested clarification regarding the significant difference in the bid <br />amounts for civil work. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session I May 26, 2009 <br />Page 1 of3 <br />