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<br />To: Honorable Mayor Adams and Council <br />From: Julie Feier, City Manager <br />Date: December 31, 2009 <br />Subject: Weekly Update <br />AT&T settlement money totaling $873,981 <br />As anticipated, we received the . Much <br />thanks to John Mulligan for his persistence in fighting for the City’s fair share of tax <br />receipts. <br />Along that same train of thought, the December 28 issue of theMissouri Lawyers <br /> Mr. Mulligan was honored as one of the Lawyers of the <br />Weekly announced that <br />Year. <br /> I have attached a copy of the article. I know you will join me in congratulating him <br />for his many years of service to University City, for his leadership on the phone <br />settlements and his continued unwavering commitment to the City. His persistence has <br />certainly buoyed not only our reserves but also those of 200 other cities in the State of <br />Missouri. <br />Finally, after protracted negotiations with the assistance of a professional mediator, Mr. <br />Mulligan and his team reached a tentative settlement agreement with T-Mobile. Several <br />attorneys for T-Mobile and 15 attorneys for the municipalities participated and <br />"T-Mobile Settlement Term Sheet <br />developed a ". They will be working on the full <br />settlement agreement, with a target date of January 15, 2010, for completion of the <br />document. The T-Mobile settlement is similar to the other wireless settlements for the <br />most part, but there are differences. The main one relates to back taxes. As with the <br />other wireless settlements, the "telephone service" ordinance states municipalities will <br />receive back taxes from September 1, 2005 through August 31, 2007, and "prospective" <br />taxes thereafter. However, the "exchange telephone service" ordinance states <br />municipalities will receive 25% of the back taxes from the date T-Mobile started offering <br />service in each such municipality through August 31, 2007, and 100% of the <br />prospective taxes thereafter. For some municipalities, there may be no difference <br />between 2 years and 25%; for others, the difference may mean a lower back tax <br />payment than the amount for two years. In the meantime, we will continue to place all T- <br />Mobile payments made under protest in a separate account. This will likely be the last <br />sizeable settlement to come out of this case. <br />Employee of the Year Award went to Don Humphrey and Ken Morgan <br />This year the <br /> <br />