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STEVEN M. TALLEN <br />steventablawmn.com <br />Paralegal: Marijo Witte <br />mwitte(a)tablawm n.com <br />Mr. Adam Edwards <br />Orono City Administrator <br />2750 Kelley Parkway <br />Orono, MN 55356 <br />TALLEN and BAERTSCHI <br />Attorneys at Law <br />9202 "d Avenue South <br />Suite 1540 <br />MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402-2224 <br />612-349-3900 <br />November 17, 2021 <br />Re: Calendar Year 2022 Prosecution Rates <br />Dear Mr. Edwards: <br />PAUL D. BAERTSCHI <br />paul(a),tablawmn.cm <br />I am writing this to amend my November 10, 2021 letter after receiving your e-mail <br />concerning the contract extension. As you know, the current agreement expires at the end of <br />March, 2022. Given that the City is contemplating entering into a Joint Powers Agreement with <br />your other contract cities, and based upon your suggestion, I am submitting a proposal for an 18 <br />month extension of our arrangement. That would run from April 1, 2022 through September 30, <br />2023. If the Joint Powers Agreement is approved by your contract cities, then I would like to be <br />considered to be that prosecutor. That is a premature discussion at this point and we will leave <br />that for another day. <br />For 2022 through the end of September, 2023, I propose that consistent with the five year <br />agreement previously entered into, that there be an adjustment of my fees effective January 1, <br />2022 and January 1, 2023 consistent with the increase in wages that the City Council grants the <br />City's non-union employees. Based on our discussions, you have told me that for 2022 the <br />increase will be 3%. That would raise my monthly flat rate to $2,965 per month, with appeals (if <br />any) being billed separately at $151.65 per hour for attorney time and $83.50 per hour for any <br />legal assistant time. All other terms and conditions of the agreement would remain the same. I <br />have enjoyed working with the Orono Police Department and the City Inspections and Zoning <br />staff during the past five years. I hope they are as pleased with me as I am with them. I look <br />forward to appearing before the council for a prosecution update at around 6:00 p.m. on <br />November 22, 2021. I appreciate the cooperation and confidence the police department and city <br />staff have shown in working with my office. Please give me a call if you have any questions or <br />wish to discuss this further. <br />Sincerely, <br />e *nTanen <br />Orono Prosecuting Attorney <br />SMT/mw <br />