City Council Minutes 07-07-1980 SpecialMINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING - MONTICELLO CITY COUNCIL
July 7, 1980 - 6:15 P. M.
Members Present: Arve Grimsmo, Dan Blonigen, Ken Maus, Phil White.
Members Absent: Fran Fair.
Also in Attendance: Library Project Committee Plembers - Caroline Ellison,
Bud Schleif, Marge Bauer, Loren Klein.
Purpose of the meeting was to interview five architectural firms for
consideration for the proposed Monticello Library. Following is a list
of the five firms that were interviewed:
Birkeland Architects, Inc.
BWBR Architects
Thorsen & Thorshov Associates, Inc.
McEnary, Krafft, Birch & Kilgore, Inc.
The Architectural Alliance
After the interviews were held, there was a discussion and the Council
Members individually rated the architectural firms. These ratings were
compared with those of the Library Project Committee. A motion was
made by Phil White, seconded by Dan Blonigen and unanimously carried to
enter into contract negotiations with McEnary, Krafft, Birch & Kilgore,
Inc. for architectural services for library project, contingent upon
review by our City Attorney. It should be pointed out that this firm
had indicated that their fee was based on a square footage formula whereby
a 6,000 sq. ft. building, they would charge $42,000 for architectural
services, to include interior design and landscaping architectural services.
Should the City of Monticello go over the 6,000 square foot requirement,
there would be an additional fee of $5.00 per square foot, and should the
City of Monticello go under the 6,000 sq. ft. benchmark, the contract would
be reduced by $6.00 a square foot.
Council consensus was also to have the preliminary design stage completed
by September 1, 1980, rather than October 1, 1980, to allow the matter to
be put on the November 1980 ballot for a referendum.
Meeting adjourned.
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