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Urbana terminates consultant contract for alternative response task force; city will seek next steps
Summary
The City of Urbana told its City Council on Oct. 28 that it has terminated a consultant contract with Barry Dunn McNeil & Parker LLC for the alternative response task force because the parties could not agree on how meetings would be conducted consistent with the city’s open‑meetings expectations.
The City of Urbana has exercised its contractual right to terminate, without cause, the consulting agreement with Barry Dunn McNeil & Parker LLC that supported the city’s alternative response task force, City Attorney Matt Rushley told the Council at its Oct. 28 meeting.
Rushley said the termination follows negotiations over whether and how task‑force meetings would comply with the Illinois Open Meetings Act and the city's procedural expectations. "Ultimately, we weren't able to find a path that worked for both parties," Rushley said, and the city invoked its right to end the agreement with a 14‑day notice.
The contract in question is tied to city RFP 2223‑05 (the…
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