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YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
STUDY SESSION
July 24, 2018
City Hall -- Council Chambers
10:00 a.m. — MINUTES
1. Roll Call
Council: Mayor Kathy Coffey, presiding, Assistant Mayor Dulce Gutierrez, Council Members
Holly Cousens, Kay Funk, Brad Hill, Carmen Mendez and Jason White
Staff: City Manager Cliff Moore, Communications & Public Affairs Director Randy Beehler,
City/County Procurement Manager Sue Ownby and City Clerk Sonya Claar Tee
2. Interviews of Potential Olympia Lobbyist Teams
Communications & Public Affairs Director Randy Beehler and City/County Procurement
Manager Sue Ownby briefed Council on the interview process for Olympia lobbyists. Mayor
Coffey reported she will be recusing herself from the scoring process as she may be working
with one of the lobbyists in another capacity in the near future.
Council members interviewed the following lobbyist teams:
Lyset Cadena, Cadena Consulting and David Foster, Foster Government Relations
• Luke Esser, Attorney & Government Affairs and Nick Federici, Federici Government
Relations
• Tony Sermonti, Sermonti Government Relations -Public Affairs and Susie Tracy,
Northwest Advocates Political Consultants
After the interviews were conducted, Mr. Beehler reported the cumulative scores of Council
members will be tallied utilizing the Request for Proposal (RFP) process competitive model,
and the lobbyist team with the highest cumulative score will be offered a contract to provide
state legislative and administrative advocacy services to the City.
Council members discussed the qualifications and it was the unanimous consensus of
Council that Luke Esser and Nick Federici would be the best option for the City.
3 Public comment (allow 15 minutes)
None.
4. Adjournment
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MOTION: Mendez moved and Gutierrez seconded to adjourn to a Council Study
Session on July 31, 2018, at 3 p.m. at City Hall in the Council Chambers. The motion
carried by unanimous vote. The meeting adjourned at 11:42 a.m.
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