HomeMy WebLinkAboutMOA WeidnerMEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
ON BEHALF OF KITTITAS COUNTY, A MEMBER
OF THE EVERGREEN FOREST COUNTY GROUP
A Rural Public Lands County Council Affiliate
2017
I. PARTIES
This Memorandum of Agreement is by and between Robert K. Weidner,
hereinafter "Weidner", with offices in the Washington, D.C. area and Kittitas County,
hereinafter "the County".
II. RESPONSIB ILITIES
Pursuant to the tenns of this Memorandum of Agreement, Weidner will serve as
Washington, D.C. government relation's advisor to Kittitas County and other counties of
the Evergreen Forest County Group hereinafter "Evergreen". In this role, Weidner will
report to and receive guidance from Evergreen Group Members & Commissioners of
participating counties including:
A. Monitoring and infonnation gathering with the Administration and
Congress with respect to matters in which the counties may have interest.
Specifically, Weidner will closely monitor and provide infonnation on
matters affecting public lands within member counties.
B. Lobbying Congress and departments of the executive Branch of the
government including the Department of the Interior, the Office of
Management and Budget, the Department of Energy, the Environmental
Protection Agency, and the Department of Agriculture with respect to
matters, which affect member counties. This will involve arranging
meetings for officials of the member counties with officials of these
departments as necessary; the preparation of testimony and briefing
papers; assisting in devising strategy; the implementation ofthat strategy
with respect to House and Senate Committees; and liaison work with key
committee members of the House and Senate Committees as well as
Committee staff.
C. In addition to those activities described in "B" above, this will include
working with members and staffs of relevant Congressional Committees
on an on-going basis on behalf of member counties.
D . Providing regular briefings to the Evergreen Executive Committee and
member counties following the guidelines set forth by the Executive
Committee.
E. Provide periodic updates on issues and activities, which affect Evergreen
member counties.
Ill. DURATION
This Memorandum of Agreement shall remain in effect from January 1, 2017
until December 31, 2017. However either party may cancel this contract on sixty days
notice without cause.
IV. FEES
PLEASE MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO Robert K. Weidner. In
consideration of the above-referenced services to be performed by Weidner, the County
agrees to pay Weidner $8,000.00 in January of2017. Should this contract be terminated
early, pursuant to the provision of III, above, and then compensation for Weidner's
services shall be computed based upon the number of hours actually expended by
Weidner multiplied by an hourly rate of $250.00 per hour. Provided, however, that in no
event shall the fees incurred exceed the total amount stated above unless agreed to by the
two parties.
R0 ~jdner ( Date
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On behalf of Kittitas County Date
Evergreen Forest County Group
10648 Canterberry Road
Fairfax Station, VA 22039
703 898-6603
rkw57 @mac .com
October 1,2016
INVOICE
2017 County Annual Dues for Public Land, Environment &
Natural Resources Work by Robert K. Weidner on behalf of
Kittitas County in Washington D.C.
Amount Due: $8,000.00
Please make check payable to:
Robert K. Weidner
Chartwell Enterprises Inc.
10648 Canterberry Road
Fairfax Station, VA 22039
Many Thanks!
A Rural Public Lands County Council Affiliate County
Evergreen Forest County Group
October 5, 2016
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Dear Commissioners & Co u A mbers:
Here is our annual r e porZ~~~ta shin gto n, D.C. advocacy efforts on behalf of
Washington State's forest counties. We are fortunate to have Bob Weidner
representing our interests in the National Capital City. Under our direction, Bob has
worked tirelessly without fanfare on these key issues:
1. Active National Forest Management and Forest Service Fire Budget Reform;
2. Secure Rural Schools (SRS) reauthorization;
3. PILT reauthorization and appropriations;
4. "Coordination" advocacy to require federal agencies to engage in government
to government "coordination" & not relegate counties to mere NGO statuSj
5. RS 2477 Historic Rights of Way legislation to eliminate need to "quiet title"
every 2477 right of way-tremendous cost savings to counties;
6. GAO Audit of public land receipts;
7. Sharing receipts with counties from Renewable Energy development.
8. Protecting the economic interests of Columbia River counties
9. Protecting economic interests of counties in and around the Puget Sound.
As you know, the Congress has failed to pass a budget resolution or any of its 12
appropriations bills during this session. Moreover, due to its unilateral discarding
of "earmarking," Congress has surrendered much of its Constitutional power over
the purse to the Executive Branch.
Thus, our counties rely heavily on Bob Weidner's expertise on the inner-workings of
government due to his 34 years of experience working on Capitol Hill. He has been
directly involved in creating the overall strategies for counties to protect their
interests and for our allies in Congress to enact our agenda. His work with the
Congress has been a key factor in maintaining our timber receipts and SRS and PILT
payments. Counties continue to benefit mightily from his work.
As co-Chairs of Evergreen Forest County Group for the past four years, we have
come to rely on Bob for critical information, strategy and guidance in our efforts to
protect our economic resources on all government owned lands. We encourage ALL
counties to continue to support Bob's efforts in Washington, D.C. He remains a
tremendous resource, not to mention an insurance policy for us all.
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Ken Dahlstedt, Skagit County Doug England,