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Approve and authorize the Interim Director of Information Technology to execute Amendment No. 3 to the Agreement between Best, Best & Krieger LLP and the County of Monterey, adding $35,000 to the existing contract amount of $100,000, for legal services related to the Charter Communications/Time Warner Cable merger and for additional legal services requiring telecommunications industry expertise.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Interim Director of Information Technology to execute Amendment No. 3 to the Agreement between Best, Best & Krieger LLP and the County of Monterey, adding $35,000 to the existing contract amount of $100,000, for legal services related to the Charter Communications/Time Warner Cable merger and for additional legal services requiring telecommunications industry expertise.
SUMMARY:
This Amendment will add additional monies to the existing agreement to pay for legal services provided by Best, Best & Krieger LLC (BBK) to the County during the California Public Utility Commission's (CPUC) hearing regarding the Charter Communications/Time Warner Cable merger. This Amendment will add monies in the event the County would be benefitted by accessing BBK's telecommunications industry expertise in connection with on-going audits of the Public Educational and Government (PEG) fees and franchise fees paid to the County by cable companies providing service to Monterey County residents. The increase in monies provided by this Amendment will also enable the County to utilize BBK's telecommunications industry expertise in developing a new Agreement with Comcast Cable for existing institutional network fiber.
DISCUSSION:
This agreement with BBK was originally executed in 2012 in the amount of $50,000 for the purpose of providing specialized legal services to the County with respect to the Comcast Franchise Audit, the expiring Comcast Agreement, and a new Agreement with Comcast for t...
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