Title
Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to sign a Professional Services Agreement with JEA & Associates for the provision of state legislative advocacy services at a cost of $144,000, for the one (1) year period of July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to sign a Professional Services Agreement with JEA & Associates for the provision of state legislative advocacy services at a cost of $144,000, for the one (1) year period of July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014
SUMMARY:
JEA & Associates (JEA) is a Sacramento based firm with expertise in state legislative advocacy services. This Agreement with JEA provides Monterey County with legislative advocacy services at the State level, thereby enhancing the County's opportunities to influence legislation, access funding, work with legislators and agencies and their staffs, and implement the goals of the Board of Supervisors' Legislative Program.
DISCUSSION:
Over the past 17 years, JEA has represented Monterey County's interests in Sacramento and provided the County with strategic legislative advocacy and governmental affairs services. During this time JEA has been instrumental in assisting the County in accomplishing numerous goals set forth by the Board of Supervisors, aided in securing millions of dollars in state funding for County projects and programs, effectively advocated the County's positions on a wide variety of issues to legislators, agency staff, and other key decision makers, and fostered direct communication between the County and its representatives in Sacramento to build support for numerous County projects and programs. Recent accomplishments by JEA are described in the attached memo dated 10/3/13 (Attachment 1).
Despite the County's satisfaction with JEA, it is appropriate to solicit other possible providers through the issuance of a Request for Qu...
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