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when it comes to municipal law. This type of position would be new and would have a learning curve, but I have a background that would work hand-in-hand with something like this. Councilmember Ferlic asked, Please tell us about the toughest or the most challenging case you handled this year. Ms. Bauer stated, I have a client who is a local business owner in the Angola area. He lives on a lake and has had disputes for years with the town of Clearlake having to do with hooking up into the municipal sewer system. He owns the only three (3)properties not connected to the sewer system. A couple years ago the town of Clearlake sued him saying that he needed to connect. He fought back. His attorney is a family-law attorney and doesn't do appeals so that's how I got involved with it. After the first few filings, I found out the client likes to be very involved with the litigation to the point of re-writing things. He would send me seventy (70) page documents and is very personally invested in the matter. I make sure he knows I appreciate his interest, involvement and insight. When it comes to the legal argument, he doesn't cooperate as much as would be desired. I'm a big believer in the collaborative process but that has been my biggest challenge this year. Councilmember Ferlic asked, Can you share with us a recent accomplishment of which you are most proud? Ms. Bauer stated, As I stated earlier, I thought I would stay at Carson Boxberger and retire there. If you told me ten(10) years ago that I would start my own practice I would have thought you were crazy. I've adapted to that and it's been challenging working from the home. The whole process of developing clients has been something I've wanted to focus on. It's been a year and a half and I'm still practicing as my own law firm and I hadn't thought about it much lately but I would consider that to be an accomplishment. Councilmember Ferlic asked, Tell us about a challenge that you solved in a unique or unusual way, what was the outcome, and were you satisfied with it? Ms. Bauer stated, I don't know if I can come up with a specific example. I sometimes use the term `creative lawyering.' A lot of people that don't deal with lawyers think it's what you see on television and it is not. Being a creative person with a legal background gives me the ability to resolve questions and issues creatively. Some of that is with clients and some of it has been with my family. My folks are old and having four (4) adult siblings, we are all trying to decide how to help our parents and that has been difficult. You just never know. When you're an inquisitive person that enjoys research, it just goes back to the roots of doing what I've been doing since I was a kid. Writing and research has been what I've done and I enjoy doing it. Councilmember Ferlic asked, If you are selected for this contract, do you anticipate that we would contract with you individually and how do you envision working with the Council logistically? In particular, will you have office hours? Will you be able to attend Committee and Council meetings? 6