File #: 22-01115    Version: 1
Type: Administrative Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 12/2/2022 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 12/13/2022 Final action: 12/13/2022
Title: Consider recommendations regarding a Federal Advocate Contract with Thomas Walters, Inc., as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Thomas Walters and Associates, Inc. to provide Federal advocacy services for the period of January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025 for a term of three years at a cost of $100,000.00 per year for a total contract amount not to exceed $300,000.00, with the option to extend for a maximum of two more years; and b) Determine that the above action is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) because it consists of the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.
Sponsors: COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Attachment A - Agreement for Services - Federal Lobbying, 3. Executed Agreement, 4. Minute Order

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Consider recommendations regarding a Federal Advocate Contract with Thomas Walters, Inc., as follows:

 

a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Thomas Walters and Associates, Inc. to provide Federal advocacy services for the period of January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025 for a term of three years at a cost of $100,000.00 per year for a total contract amount not to exceed $300,000.00, with the option to extend for a maximum of two more years; and

 

b) Determine that the above action is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) because it consists of the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.