TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
George Gabriel, Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of Resolution No. 18-0134 Approving a Three-Year Agreement in the Amount of $115,500 with Rice/Englander and Associates for Legislative Advocacy and Lobbying Services (City Manager Moe).
a) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 18-0134
b) APPROPRIATE FUNDS
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
At the request of Mayor Napolitano, staff recommends that City Council consider adopting Resolution No. 18-0134. In adopting Resolution No. 18-0134, the City Council would:
1. Approve a three-year agreement in the amount of $115,500 with Rice/Englander and Associates for legislative advocacy and lobbying services;
2. Appropriate $31,500 from the unreserved General Fund balance to fund legislative advocacy and lobbying services for the remainder of the fiscal year.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Legislative advocacy and lobbying services are not a budgeted expenditure. If the contract is approved, $31,500 will need to be appropriated from the unreserved General Fund balance for the remainder of Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-2019. Staff will provide for this service in future budget proposals.
BACKGROUND:
At the September 4, 2018, City Council meeting, Mayor Napolitano requested to discuss engaging with a lobbying firm to represent the City of Manhattan Beach's interests at the California State Legislature.
From 2006-2009, Rice/Englander & Associates provided legislative advocacy and lobby services. Following the economic crisis in 2008, the City made budget cuts that included legislation consultation services. In March 2014, the City entered into a short term agreement with Rice/Englander & Associates on legislative advocacy services in opposition to Senate Bill 983 (card lock pump sales tax allocation).
In the absence of contracted legislative advocacy services, the Managem...
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