RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Administrator, or designee, to execute a contract with Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni LLP in an amount not to exceed $540,000 to provide state legislative and regulatory advocacy services for the period January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2022, subject to approval as to form by County Counsel.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The annual cost of the contract is $180,000. The total cost of the three-year contract is $540,000. Funding for these services is appropriated in the County Administrator's Office budget, as approved by the Board of Supervisors.
BACKGROUND:
At the October 3, 2019 meeting of the Legislation Committee, Chair Burgis and Vice Chair Mitchoff considered the matter of the state advocacy services contract and recommended that the Board of Supervisors authorize a contract with Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni LLP ("Nielsen Merksamer") for a three-year period, as specified in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) issued on March 27, 2019.
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