{"id":12573,"date":"2011-12-20T10:48:09","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T18:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/kent-renews-federal-state-lobbyist-contracts-for-156000-per-year\/"},"modified":"2016-10-22T00:10:38","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T07:10:38","slug":"kent-renews-federal-state-lobbyist-contracts-for-156000-per-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/kent-renews-federal-state-lobbyist-contracts-for-156000-per-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent renews federal, state lobbyist contracts for $156,000 per year"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kent City Council<\/a> renewed federal and state lobbyist contracts for 2012 at its final meeting of 2011.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The council agreed at its Dec. 13 meeting with a staff recommendation to renew a federal lobbyist contract with Van Ness Feldman at an amount not to exceed $90,000. Van Ness Feldman is a law firm with offices in Seattle and Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Kent’s contract with Van Ness Feldman requires the law firm to represent the city at the federal level with an emphasis on the Washington state Congressional delegation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The costs for the federal lobbyist are paid for out of the budgets of the Economic Development and Public Works departments.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Kent also renewed its annual contract with state lobbyist Doug Levy,<\/a> owner of Outcomes by Levy, at an annual amount not to exceed $66,000. Levy lobbies on behalf of the city’s legislative agenda. Levy has worked as Kent’s lobbyist since 1999 and also contracts with several other cities for work in Olympia.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The costs for the state lobbyist are paid for out of the city’s utility fund and the general fund.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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