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C. 69

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Monica Nino, County Administrator
Date:	December 13, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

State Legislative Advocacy Contract

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/13/2022

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor

Contact:

L. DeLaney, (925) 655-2057

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: December 13, 2022
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Administrator, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni LLP to increase the payment limit by $180,000 to a new payment limit of $720,000 and to extend the term from December 31, 2022 to December 31, 2023 to provide additional state legislative and regulatory advocacy services.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The annual cost of the contract is $180,000. Funding for these services is appropriated in the County Administrator's Office budget (0003), as approved by the Board of Supervisors.

BACKGROUND:

At its October 3, 2019 meeting, the Legislation Committee (Chair Burgis, Vice Chair Mitchoff) considered the matter of a 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, commencing January 1, 2020. At its December 10, 2019 meeting, the Board of Supervisors approved this recommendation and authorized the contract in item C. 64.

The Request for Qualifications (RFQ) solicitation document for the identification of a contractor to provide these services included in section "IV. Terms and Conditions" that "By mutual agreement, any contract which may be awarded pursuant to this RFQ may be extended for two (2) additional one year terms at agreed prices with all other terms and conditions remaining the same."

There is mutual agreement between the County Administrator and Nielsen Merksamer to extend the contract for an additional year, January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023, at an agreed price.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The County will not have effective state budget and legislative advocacy in Sacramento for 2023 if this contract is not approved.