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Council approves contract with Gap Strategists for bond election services after debate over cost and scope
Summary
Beaumont council approved a contract with Gap Strategists for bond-election communications and outreach work, authorizing the city manager to enter an agreement for roughly $98,000 of services that staff said can be reimbursed from bond proceeds; council debated whether in-house staff could do the work or a lower-cost local vendor should be used.
Beaumont City Council approved a resolution allowing the city manager to enter an agreement with Gap Strategists to provide bond election communications and outreach services, with staff saying the work is likely reimbursable from bond proceeds.
The contract — presented by staff as a recommendation of approval — drew extended discussion from council members who questioned whether the scope and cost were appropriate. Councilman Hilliard said, “I don't understand why we feel we need to spend a $100,000 to get them to go with us,” while staff and the city manager described the consultants as specialists with expertise and legal knowledge needed for a large, multiproposition bond effort.
City staff outlined the contract’s major tasks, which the council packet summarized as:…
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