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File #: 22137    Version: 0 Name: Agreement for lobbying services - Fred Dreiling LLC
Type: Resolution Status: 1st. Meeting
File created: 12/3/2025 In control: Budget Committee
On agenda: 12/8/2025 Final action:
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the Chairman of the Legislature to execute a twelve-month Consulting Agreement with two twelve-month options to extend with Fred Dreiling, LLC, of Kansas City, MO, to serve as Chief Lobbyist to perform State Legislative Lobbyist Services for the Legislature, under the terms and conditions of Request for Qualifications No. 24-086, at a cost to the County for 2026 not to exceed $117,500.00.
Sponsors: DaRon McGee
Code sections: 1054.6 - Jackson County Code
Attachments: 1. RLA, 2. Fiscal Note - 25-587 Lobbyist, 3. 22137 Fred Dreiling, 4. 22137 25-587 2025 lobbying services RFQ 24-086
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

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A RESOLUTION authorizing the Chairman of the Legislature to execute a twelve-month Consulting Agreement with two twelve-month options to extend with Fred Dreiling, LLC, of Kansas City, MO, to serve as Chief Lobbyist to perform State Legislative Lobbyist Services for the Legislature, under the terms and conditions of Request for Qualifications No. 24-086, at a cost to the County for 2026 not to exceed $117,500.00.

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RESOLUTION NO. 22137, December 8, 2025

INTRODUCED BY DaRon McGee, County Legislator


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WHEREAS, the Legislature has a continuing need for a consultant to assess the current political climate in the State of Missouri, recommend appropriate strategies that would benefit the County, inform the Legislature on all pertinent legislative issues, and provide lobbying service as requested, especially concerning health, parks and recreation, land use, road and bridge and other transportation-related matters; and,

WHEREAS, the Director of Finance and Purchasing issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) No. 24-086 in connection with this need; and,

WHEREAS, a total of twenty-six (26) notifications were distributed, one (1) response was received and evaluated; and,

WHEREAS, pursuant to section 1054.6 of the Jackson County Code, the Director of Finance and Purchasing and the Chairman of the Legislature recommend the award of a one-month agreement with one twelve-month option to extend for Legislative Lobbyist Services to Fred Dreiling, LLC of Kansas City, MO in an amount not to exceed $117,500.00 for the 2026 fiscal year; now therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED that the Chairman of the Legislature be and hereby is authorized to execute a Consulting Agreement with Fred Dreiling, LLC, in the amount of $117,500.00 for services in 2025, with funds for 2026 to be subject to appropriation in the County's 2026 annual budget; and,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Interim Director of Finance and Purchasin...

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