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year period (9/1/05-8/31/07). AT&T Mobility would pay no legal fee on the back taxes for September, October and November 2007, and class counsel would waive its fee for those three months. AT&T Mobility refuses to pay any more of the municipalities' legal fees. Rather than risk losing the deal over legal fees, and to ensure that the class nets 24 months of back taxes, class counsel has agreed not to seek the remaining 5% of the 25% fee from the back tax payments on the AT&T Mobility settlement as well. What does this mean for University City? The final approval hearing is set for April 18, 2008. Assuming there is final approval on that day, the protest taxes would be released and back taxes paid no later than June 27, 2008. The amount of back taxes listed in the Settlement Agreement is $784,009, from September 1, 2005 through November 30, 2007. The total, then, is $958,231, for this fiscal year. Sprint Nextel has proposed a settlement that is essentially the same as the AT&T Mobility settlement. The only notable difference is that Sprint Nextel did not pay any municipality taxes under protest from 2002 to 2005, whereas AT&T Mobility paid 21 municipalities, as discussed previously. The St. Louis County Circuit Court gave preliminary approval to the Sprint Nextel class settlement on the same dates. The amount of back taxes listed in the Settlement Agreement is $816,680, from September 1, 2005, through November 30, 2007. November 2007 is an estimate, and may be adjusted later to reflect the actual gross receipts when they become available later this month. The average monthly amount for the 27 months is $30,247($816,680 divided by 27). Assuming that average for the remainder of this fiscal year, there should be an additional $181,482(6 months x $30,247)(June 2008 won't be paid until July 2008, so there will only be 6 more payments in this fiscal year). The total for FY ’08 is $998,162. The full agreements are available for review in the City Clerk’s office. Mr. Mulligan has prepared a summary of the litigation as an attachment. Senior Service Board As of January 1, 2008, the , which had operated a non- emergency medical transportation service for University City seniors, will discontinue service. The City thanks the employees and volunteers for their efforts in the past years for their dedication in serving University City seniors. From now on, St. Louis CORP County’s (County Older Residents Programs) will take over providing non- emergency senior medical transportation with personalized transportation services. All Senior Service Board customers will receive information about CORP and other transportation services available to them. To sign up for services, seniors should 862-2306 contact the University City CORP representative, Jeremy Shuman at . The City also urges citizens to become volunteer drivers for CORP. It is critical to CORP for there to be sufficient volunteer drivers to transport our seniors to their medical 862-2306615-7430 appointments. Consider volunteering today and call or . RFP for an Information Technology Assessment The City’s Consultant was returned on December 18. Four local and national vendors received the specifications with only one vendor meeting the bidding deadline, and a two others requesting an extension. Notice of the extension will be provided to all vendors requesting specifications. The bid amount was higher than budgeted and staff will be evaluating the bid to determine if the proposed work matches the specifications and supports the higher bid amount. I have provided the RFP for your reference.