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bmit- th criminal orx: 18 000 onday aftern n bid
for th gen ral legal or. opening - Gavin sand
Gavin dded that for th Spelman's. Cooke brought
criminal legal h the Small, Small and Dett-
ould charge at 75 per man bid in already opened
me hour for any time nt and said it had been
th in exce of thre hours en mistake.
any given , or for rny It was Donald Dettman
o r the first 1,200. of the same fum ho h d
The only other attorney repre nted Cooke in his
to bid on general legal victoriou court fight to
the firm of Small, ou former ayor Joel
Small, and De , of Ben- Patte n.
ton Township. That firm
bid $55 per hour for both BIDS OPE ED ELY
and sa no annu According to Cooke, th
legal re r fee. envelope h d been given
The St. Jo ph finn of him hile he ttended a
Spelman, T , eex, La- n on anis meeting.
10m, Burdi d Sauer I inadvertantly opened
bid 18000 per y r for one,' Coo e told commi
criminal bro e that oner ond y night. "But
down' to $ 1500 monthly hen lent bac an
or 60 hourly rate. chec ed the code I found
The Benton Township discrepancies on the first
finn of Robin n, Ford and two bid opening .'
t S n bid $24,000 annu- Coo e said the city code
ally for the criminal or require three city offici
rthout ifying hourly to be pre nt t bid open-
or monthly r te . ings, and nly 0 - the
Only 0 of th bid city manager and city
ere opened t the offici Continued on p 6
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