MANAGEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES
371 Nevada Street #4882 530.613.0354
Auburn, CA 95604 [email protected]
September 16, 2025
Mr. Dan Flores, Director
Community and Economic Development Department
City of Marysville
526 C Street
Marysville, CA 95901
Dear Mr. Flores,
Management Advisory Services is pleased to submit this proposal to continue to provide on-call planning services to the City of Marysville.
Management Advisory Services has provided on-call planning services to the City of Marysville since 2019.
The existing Agreement for Professional Services expires on December 31, 2025. Enclosed is a proposal to amend the existing agreement to continue to provide planning services at recent workload levels through June 30, 2026.
Management Advisory Services was founded by broadly experienced professionals. Our firm provides similar services to several California jurisdictions, and our goal is to deliver efficient, quality services to our clients. Our principal consultants have many years of experience working as public agency managers and consultants, providing essential services and support to local governments. Management Advisory Services prides itself in providing consulting services based on our hands-on experience in managing local governments, as well as our experience in delivering products that meet and exceed our clients’ expectations.
Management Advisory Services will assign experienced planning consultants to provide services to the City of Marysville. Mike Luken will continue in the primary role, assisted by Kathy Pease on an as-needed basis. Combined, our consultants will provide ongoing continuity, processing existing applications as well as initiating work on future applications.
The enclosed proposal includes the scope of work and proposed budget amendment for planning services.
Thank you for considering this proposal. We look forward to continuing to provide services to the City of Marysville.
Sincerely,
Tom Sinclair, President
Management Advisory Services
MANAGEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES
CITY OF MARYSVILLE
PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE CONTINUING ON-CALL PLANNING SERVICES
PROJECT SCOPE OF WORK
Management Advisory Services has provided on-call planning services to the City of Marysville since 2019.
The existing Agreement for Professional Services expires on December 31, 2025. We understand that the expected workload will remain stable at current levels. The proposed budget assumes this expected workload.
This proposal would require a Fourth Amendment to the Agreement for Professional Services, to continue to provide planning services at recent workload levels through June 30, 2026. This budget amendment reflects approximately eighty-five hours per month to be provided by MAS consultants.
Management Advisory Services will continue to assign experienced planning consultants to provide services to the City of Marysville. Specific projects will be assigned to the Management Advisory Services’ consultants by City staff. Projects may include processing current planning applications and development proposals, or other assignments at the City’s discretion.
PROJECT COMPENSATION
Management Advisory Services proposes a not-to-exceed budget amendment of $133,000, to be added to the existing Compensation.
While compensation is on a project basis, as a convenient way of distributing costs, Management Advisory Services will invoice monthly. Payments to Management Advisory Services are due in thirty days and are independent of receipt by the City of any reimbursement of costs payable by third parties.
Consultant time is invoiced $195 per hour. Travel time is invoiced at half-time. Reimbursable expenses are invoiced at cost, including mileage at IRS rates.
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
We propose that the contract for services will confirm that Management Advisory Services is an independent contractor, and will include the following language:
A. While Contractor work is based on this Contract with the City, Contractor will be free from the control and direction of the City with regard to the performance of the work, both under the Contract for the performance of the work and in fact.
B. Contractor will perform work that is outside the usual course of the City’s work.
C. Contractor is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, or business of the same nature as the work performed.