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attached is the background material from the city attorney on his fee <br />structure. <br /> <br />The change in the retainer fee was supported by city staff and the new <br />retainer amount of $2,500 is still roughly only one-half of the actual cost of <br />the services that the city is receiving. City staff continues to strongly support <br />the full service law firm approach to doing legal work in Elk River and I <br />believe that we are getting excellent quality service for the fees that we pay <br />Doherty, Rumble and Butler. <br /> <br />I have asked Assistant City Administrator Lori Johnson to provide me with a <br />summary of non-retainer expenses from Dave, Peter and Dean that the city <br />and developers paid in 1996. The results are as follows: <br /> <br />280.25 hours <br /> <br />City expense at $135/hr - $37,833.75 <br />City expense at $110/hr = $30,827.50 <br /> Extra Cost =$ 7,006.25 <br /> <br />108.25 hours <br /> <br />Developer expense at $135/hr = $14,613.75 <br />Developer expense at $180/hr = $19..485.00 <br /> Savings =($ 4,871.25) <br /> <br />\\elkriver\sysXshrdocXcouncil\attyfees.doc <br /> <br /> <br />