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Home My WebLink About11/04/2008 11 Misc Distributed at the MeetingDistributed at Ud � 1i -y o8. CITY OF YAKIMA s Meeting LEGAL DEPARTMENT 200 South Third Street Yakima, Washington 98901 (509 575 -6030 Fax (-"M5 -6160 MEMORANDUM November 4, 2008 TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council FROM: Dick Zais, City Manager Helen A. Harvey, Senior Assistant .City Attorney SUBJ: City -Wide Outside Legal Counsel Fees as of September 30, 2008 As of September 30, 2008, the City has spent $591,392 in outside legal counsel fees for 2008. This is a decrease compared to the amount that was paid to outside counsel as of September 30, 2007. The year -end total for outside legal counsel expenses in 2007 was $946,362. The outside counsel fees for 2007 dropped $324,223 or 25.5% from 2006. The projected total for year -end 2008 is approximately $848,831 based on the expenditures through September 2008, which is a decrease of $97,531 or 10% from 2007. Attached is the 2008 Professional Services worksheet that breaks down the fees paid to outside counsel as of September 30, 2008. HAH/ pm Attachment 2008 Professional Services Outside Counsel Expenses Total Paid Law Firm Type of Matter through September 30, 2008 Kurt M. Bulmer Personnel Issue $75 Carlson Boyd & Bailey General ONDS and Bankruptcy $ 934 Trailwagons 567 Total $1,501 Cascadia Law Group Yakima Resources $79,844* Christie Law Group PLLC Police Matter $ 915 Insurance Issues (re Richards v. 1,054 City Total $1,969 Jerry Moberg & Associates Brownfield v. City $27,549 Pleasant v. City 111 $27,660 Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Acquavella $ 2,194 Preston Gates Ellis LLP Amend Wastewater Connection 8,380 Fee 4 -Party Wastewater Interlocal 4,309 Water/ Irrigation Legal Support 32,869 Wastewater Rates 3,667 Stormwater Utility 4,339 Software Agreements 6,691 Total $62,449 Law Office of Gress & Clark Workers' Compensation $31,291 Lyon Law Offices City v. Doty $11,959 Real Estate Closings re 29,546 Transportation Enhancement Grants River Road Improvement Project 12,735 Condemnation Action Noland Decoto 5,288 City v. Thunderbird Casino 3,527 General 2,141 Total $65,196 Manatt Phelps & Phillips Railroad Grade Separation, $62,706 GREAT Grant, Government Renewal Community 15,366 Legislation Total $78,072 2008 Professional Services Outside Counsel Expenses Law Firm Type of Matter Total Paid through September 30, 2008 Menke Jackson Beyer Code Enforcement $ 4,009 Elofson Ehhs & Harper SEPA Review 847 Critical Areas 3,586 Grade Separation Issues 13,317 Human Resources 476 Airport Safety Overlay 420 Title 12 714 WWTP 10,095 Transit 1,542 Rail Line 144 Community & Economic 196 Development Criminal Gangs Nuisance 970 Pleasant v. City 20,005 Amanda Lemon v. City 2,967 Naiden v. Doty 35 Transportation Enhancement 11,796 Grants YPPA v. City, ULP PERC 73,276 No. 21562 -U -08 -5494 City v. YPPA (Court of Appeals 1,543 No. 26799 -7 -III) YPPA 2009 Labor Negotiations 1,342 Police Personnel Matters 18,222 Police Civil Service 350 Civil Service Commision 770 Deputy Police Chief Position 2,526 LEOFF Board 245 General 2,674 Total $172,067 Meyer Fluegge & Tenney Evans & Son v. City $ 9,084 Gordner v. City 272 General 1,312 Insurance Issues (re Richards v. 17,224 City) Personnel (YPD Issues, 4,745 including Public Record Act issues/ requests, including J. Brownfield and M. Rummel requests; and other personnel 2008 Professional Services Outside Counsel Expenses * *Total professional services for disbursements issued from January 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008. Total Paid Law Firm Type of Matter through September 30, 2008 matters) Brownfield v. City 4,191 Garza EEOC Claim 525 Cyr EEOC Claim 1,405 C. Dodge Claim 112 Mills v. Blackburn, et al. 204 Holsclaw v. City 14,356 Unglesby v. Rummel 6,455 George EEOC Claim 1,721 Barnes v. City 13,017 YPPA v. City 8,997 Rummel v. City 400 Powell v. City 40 Total $84,060 Summit Law Group Police Department Personnel $16,881 Matters General Personnel Matters 1,318 Total $18,199 David Thorner (Mediator) Dockins $616 Thorner, Kennedy & Gano Williams Kastner & Gibbs Gordner v. City $13,994 SUBTOTAL $636,993 *Reimbursement of legal services by insurance carriers INA - $45,601 and The Hartford TOTAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES $591,392 ** * *Total professional services for disbursements issued from January 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008. *The disbursements for professional services issued from January 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008 total $591,392. The 2008 amount of $848,831 is a projected amount. r. Outside Counsel Annual �Fees� ! G s, Al - � ' $3,500,00,0 $3,000,000 $2,500,000 =i $2,000,000 $.1,500,000 o I I o i s ------- --- - -- - - -- _ � � -- - - - - -- -- -- _.—° - ,;$1,000,000 "$500,000 - Y s" , 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Annual Fees $3.,158,997 $2,2b3,169-' $1,113,718 y r $1,201,013 $1,270,585 $046;362. $848,831* .(Projected) .. *The disbursements for professional services issued from January 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008 total $591,392. The 2008 amount of $848,831 is a projected amount.