Mount Vernon council approves three-year Granicus contract for legislative management software

The Mount Vernon City Council on Aug. 14 approved an ordinance authorizing the mayor to enter a three-year agreement with Granicus Corporation for legislation-management software and related services. The city clerk told the council the vendor offered three-year pricing and that the city would receive annual invoices and could cancel with 30 days’ notice. “They gave us 3 year pricing. There is a option to give them 30 30 day notice if we wanna cancel, and we are paying annually. We'll get invoice annually,” the clerk said. The contract was put on a cooperative procurement (Omnia) pricing arrangement, the clerk said, and the city has used three-year pricing in the prior contract cycle. Council President Brown voted no; three other council members voted yes, and the ordinance carried. The measure authorizes the mayor to execute the three-year agreement; the clerk characterized the arrangement as providing multi-year pricing while the city will be billed annually and may terminate on short notice. The council took the vote after brief questions from members. The ordinance does not, in the transcript, specify the contract dollar value or an exact contract start date; those details were not stated during the meeting. The council approved a long list of other administrative items at the special meeting and recessed regular business until September.