|
|
Enron Mail |
FYI
---------------------- Forwarded by Kathleen Carnahan/NA/Enron on 05/21/2001 09:03 AM --------------------------- From: Ann Elizabeth White @ ECT 05/18/2001 05:40 PM To: Marchris Robinson, jsteffe@enron.com, Ben Jacoby cc: gkrause@enron.com, Steven Krimsky/Corp/Enron@Enron, Kathleen Carnahan Subject: Consulting Agreements with lobbyists As you know, in the last few months we have had discussions regarding the retention of lobbyists to perform services on our Florida Power Development Projects. It was decided that we would have the lobbyists retained through the Government Affairs group. Two recent agreements, one with Quantum Results and another with Tripp, Scott, provided for payments to be made at certain junctures of our development process. It has come to our attention that these payments were not timely made. In order to make sure that we don't inadvertently miss any future payments, I am proposing that: 1. We continue to retain the consultants through execution of a consulting services agreement signed by Government Affairs. The consulting agreements will be prepared in duplicate originals so that the lobbyist keeps one copy and Enron keeps one copy. 2. Legal will retain Enron's executed original and provide it to Kay Young, who maintains a database of all consulting agreements and confidentiality agreements entered into by ENA entities. 3. Legal will distribute a copy of the executed document to government affairs for their records. 4. Legal will distribute a copy of the executed document to Kathleen Carnahan who will set up a payment schedule. Unlike our real property option agreements that have a date certain for payment, these agreements often have payment schedules dependent upon some approval process. Thus, it will be important for all of us to keep Kathleen in the loop as to dates of hearings or approvals so that she will know if it is time for a payment. 5. Kathleen will provide notices to government affairs that a payment is due, and the amount of the payment and arrange for reimbursement of such payment out of the development group's RC. 6. Government affairs will make the payments and be reimbursed out of the development group's RC. Please advise if this system will work for you so that we can undertake to have Kathleen begin setting up a payment schedule. My strong preference is that we continue to keep things flowing through the government affairs group so that we consistently maintain the lobbyist relationship. However, this will require government affairs have some way of monitoring the agreements. I think we fix that problem with having Kathleen keep a consultant schedule just as she keeps an option schedule. I'm going on vacation as of next Wednesday so your response by Tuesday will be greatly appreciated.
|