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CPC renews consultant job description and renews consultant contract after clarifications about invoices and responsibilities
Summary
The Community Preservation Committee approved an updated job description for its consultant and voted to renew the consultant contract, with committee members asking for monthly invoicing transparency and clearer language about invoice review and project representatives.
The Community Preservation Committee unanimously approved an updated job description for its paid consultant and then voted to renew the consultant contract, after discussion about invoice review, monthly reporting and the consultant’s responsibilities.
The committee reviewed an updated job description and edited language about operating duties: members requested that invoice handling be described as "review and process invoices" rather than "pay invoices," and asked that the phrase "project manager" be replaced with "project representative/applicant" to match the application terminology. The job description also added responsibilities to help close out bonded projects and educate the committee on bonding capacity.
Claire (committee member) asked that committee members be able to see consultant invoices. The committee noted that historically the chair and vice chair have signed invoices and that consultant invoices are public records; members agreed the committee can request invoices monthly if any member wants them. The consultant indicated there had been months of unpaid work when contractor funds ran short, and the committee emphasized the need to avoid payment delays.
The committee then took two roll‑call votes. First the committee voted to approve the updated job description (roll call: Kristen, Allen, Katie, Claire, Grant, Lisa — all "yes"). Next the committee voted to renew the consultant contract and to authorize contract signature by the appropriate committee officer(s); the roll‑call vote approved renewal with the same named members voting "yes." Committee members agreed invoices would be provided to the committee on request and that monthly invoices would be processed under the approved contract terms.
Ending The contract renewal completes the committee’s administrative steps; staff will finalize the contract document to reflect the approved job description and invoice language.
