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the attorney then you are going to be able to <br />control the fees. <br />Hornbostel: There were several other issues other than fees <br />with regard to Mr. Williamson. There was the <br />issue of the fact we had some advice given to us <br />that I believe was not right and maybe some <br />information. that was imparted to us. I believe <br />that is equally as important as what ever fee <br />structure you have and far that reason we <br />suggested that we look for another water attorney <br />along with the other reasons. I believe that we <br />should continue on what we are doing and look for <br />a person that can give us a reduction in fees. <br />But I also believe it is important to have trust <br />in that person that you are working with and if <br />you can't feel that person is going to be giving <br />you all the information then I believe it is <br />council's discretion to decide to find someone <br />else. <br />Sackett: Asked if any of the people that we talked to would <br />be willing to move their office to Louisville? <br />Williams: That was never part of any of the proposals nor <br />did anyone indicate that. The three final <br />applicants indicated that there would be no charge <br />for travel time from their office to Louisville. <br />The charge would be to water court or Denver or <br />where ever else they may have to qo. <br />Howard: There are a number of factors that both sides <br />could argue all night. The fact is that right now <br />we are given a choice of three by anyone's measure <br />very effective water attorney firms. I believe <br />we need to move ahead and vote on these three <br />firms. <br />Sackett: Seems to him in the Buchanan case that Mr. Smith <br />has quite a bit of knowledge about the city's <br />water issue given that he did quite a bit of the <br />work when Mr. Williamson was doing the work. My <br />general impression is he is working for Buchanan <br />because when Williamson lost our business Steve <br />had to lay someone off so he went to work for <br />Buchanan, so that is probably an advantage for us. <br />The disadvantage is that Buchanan is probably not <br />as experienced as the senior partners in the other <br />two groups. The Cope group gave us a junior <br />partner who is barely out of law school and is <br />probably well educated but has almost no <br />experience. Vranesh and Raisch the junior <br />partner had a great deal of intelligence and had a <br />great deal of experience in water issues in the <br />short time he has worked for the firm. So if the <br />4 <br />