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ITEM: 5G
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: October 28, 2025
PREPARED BY: Jason Wedel, City Manager
PRESENTED BY: Jason Wedel
AGENDA ITEM: Approval of Legislative Services Agreement with Lockridge Grindal
Nauen PLLP
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve the legislative services agreement with Lockridge, Grindal, Nauen PLLP.
BACKGROUND:
At the City Council work session held on September 23, 2025, the City Council directed staff to
identify a firm that could provide legislative services for the upcoming state legislative session.
The intent was to have a consultant working on Prior Lake specific initiatives at the State capital
including but not limited to such items as funding for the TH13 pedestrian trail as wells as new
bills that support the construction of new housing while maintaining that new growth pay for iteself
while also preserving local authority.
Staff met with representatives from Lockridge, Grindal, Nauen (LGN) and believe they have the
personnel and the expertise to assist the City of Prior Lake in our legislative efforts. Per the
attached proposal, LGN will provide state government relations services for state legislative
initiatives to assist the City of Prior Lake with specific legislation including state funding needs
and state policy issues. They will provide legislative relationship development with key decision
makers at the Minnesota Legislature. They will also provide legislative strategy, bill drafting, bill
introduction, testimony preparation, lobbying key legislators and lobbying the Minnesota
executive branch for the City of Prior Lake.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
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The term of the agreement is for 12 months starting on November 1. The proposed fee for
providing these services is a total of $40,000 for the 12-month period and will be due in equal
monthly payments of $3,333.33 per month.
The cost for this service can be included in the proposed 2026 preliminary tax levy that was
approved by the City Council in September and will not require any adjustment.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. Motion and second as part of the consent agenda to approve the legislative services
agreement with Lockridge, Grindal, Nauen LLP.
2. Motion and second to remove this item from the consent agenda for additional
discussion.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Legislative Services Agreement
City of Prior Lake | 4646 Dakota Street SE | Prior Lake MN 55372
LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into by and between City of Prior Lake
(“Client”) and LOCKRIDGE GRINDAL NAUEN PLLP (“Consultant” or “LGN”)
(collectively the “Parties”).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, Client, wishes to purchase the services of Consultant to assist Client in
monitoring, and lobbying related to certain state legislative and administrative matters;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual undertakings and promises
hereinafter set forth, Client and Consultant agree as follows:
1. CONSULTANT SERVICES
Consultant shall provide, in coordination with Client’s officers, committees and staff, the
services listed in Exhibit A hereto. If additional services, projects or work is agreed upon
by both Consultant and Client, fees for such additional services, project or work will be
negotiated and mutually agreed upon in writing prior to the performance of additional
services, projects or work.
2. TERM AND TERMINATION
2.1 Term. The term of engagement for the services provided shall be November 1,
2025– October 31, 2026, and subject to termination as provided in Section 2.2.
2.2 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated prior to its expiration only as
follows:
2.2.1 Upon the written mutual agreement of the Parties hereto;
2.2.2 By either Party upon sixty (60) days written notice to the other Party.
3. COST OF AND PAYMENT FOR SERVICES
3.1 Fees. In consideration of services performed as specified in Section 1 and Exhibit
A of this Agreement, Client shall pay Consultant the professional fees in the amount of
$40,000 payable in twelve (12) installments of $3,333.33 per month commencing
November 1, 2025.
3.2 Costs. In addition to payment for professional fees, Client shall pay Consultant
for all reasonable incidental expenses incurred by Consultant on Client’s behalf.
3.3 Payment. Payment for professional fees and expenses shall be made to
Consultant upon submission by Consultant to Client of invoices for services rendered and
expenses incurred and Client shall pay Consultant by the dates listed above.
4. DATA RETENTION
4.1 LGN may use reputable third-party service providers, including ‘cloud’ service providers,
to help us deliver efficient, cost-effective legal services. This may include
document/information hosting, sharing, transfer, analysis, processing or storage. By
engaging us, City of Prior Lake understands and consents to having communications,
documents and other data pertinent to its matters managed through such third-party
technology, including where confidential information may be stored on and accessed
from such cloud-based computer servers located in a facility not directly controlled by
LGN. City of Prior Lake acknowledges that the use of such services may be subject to
the terms and conditions of the provider and accept that LGN is not responsible for the
security of the data, the provider’s security standards, or the risk that the security of
information on such cloud-based platforms may be breached. City of Prior Lake agrees
that the benefits of using such technology outweigh the risks, including risks related to
confidentiality and security. A list of LGN’s cloud providers is available upon request.
4.2 LGN has adopted a document retention policy that governs the retention and disposition
of closed client files. At the conclusion of the matter for which City of Prior Lake has
retained us, we will return all original client documents. At that time, City of Prior
Lake will have sixty (60) days to let us know if you want certain of the documents which
remain in the file. If you notify us within this sixty (60) day period, we will not destroy
the file until City of Prior Lake has had an opportunity to identify any such documents
and, if appropriate, obtain copies of them. If City of Prior Lake does not so notify us,
we will transfer your file to closed storage and/or an electronic archive pursuant to our
file closing and destruction procedures. File contents (including work papers, etc.) will
be considered the property of LGN. We will retain the file for six (6) years and then
destroy its contents, without further notice and in a manner which preserves their
confidential nature.
4.3 If, at any time LGN concludes that there are no active matters in which we are
representing City of Prior Lake, it will be considered a former, rather than a current
client of LGN, unless and until City of Prior Lake asks us to perform additional
services, and we agree to perform them.
4.4 If City of Prior Lake requests us to transfer our file to you or to another firm prior to the
completion of the matter, City of Prior Lake agrees we can make and retain copies of
relevant portions of the file and that the cost for such copying is to be paid by City of
Prior Lake, as well as any other copying on its behalf. These charges for copying City
of Prior Lake’s file may include, in the case of documents stored electronically, the
reasonable cost of retrieving the documents, and City of Prior Lake agrees to pay these
costs.
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5. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
Consultant shall select the means, method, and manner of performing the services herein.
Consultant is and shall remain an independent contractor with respect to all services
performed under this Agreement.
6. COMPLETE AGREEMENT
The Parties each agree and understand that this Agreement, including all Exhibits hereto,
constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties and supersedes any prior or
contemporaneous oral understandings or agreements with respect to the subject matter
hereof.
7. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
This Agreement may not be amended, altered, enlarged, supplemented, abridged, or
modified, nor can any provision hereof be waived, except by a writing executed by both
Parties which shall be attached hereto. Failure of any Party to enforce any provision of
this Agreement shall not constitute or be construed as a waiver of such provision nor of
the right to enforce such provision.
8. NOTICES
All notices, demands, and requests permitted or required to be given under this
Agreement shall be in writing and deemed given when mailed by the United States mail,
postage prepaid, registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address of the
appropriate Party as provided herein.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the duly authorized representatives of the Parties hereto
have executed this Agreement this day of ____________________2025.
ADDRESS: CLIENT:
4646 Dakota St. SE City of Prior Lake
Prior Lake, MN 55372-1714
By:
Its:
ADDRESS: CONSULTANT:
LOCKRIDGE GRINDAL NAUEN PLLP
Suite 2200
100 Washington Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55401 By: Harry Gallaher
Its: Managing Partner
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EXHIBIT A
LGN will provide state government relations services for state legislative initiatives to assist the
City of Prior Lake with specific legislation including state funding needs and state policy issues.
LGN will provide legislative relationship development with key decision-makers at the
Minnesota Legislature. LGN will provide legislative strategy, bill drafting, bill introduction,
testimony preparation, lobbying key legislators and lobbying the Minnesota executive branch for
the City of Prior Lake. LGN will execute lobbying for City of Prior Lake specific legislation and
will work in coalition, when requested, on broad overall city legislation as directed by the City
Manager and City Council. LGN will work collaboratively with City of Prior Lake team and will
provide regular updates and opportunities to work together with the City of Prior Lake, including
presenting to the City Council if requested.
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