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Red Bank to leave Small Cities Coalition; city will contract communications and pursue direct legislative outreach

Red Bank City Commission · January 21, 2026
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City manager announced Red Bank's withdrawal from the Small Cities Coalition, citing host-city staffing churn and shared-employee concerns; the city will develop its own communications contract and pursue a legislative liaison role tailored to Red Bank.

Red Bank's city manager told the commission the city will withdraw from the Small Cities Coalition and move to a separate, locally managed approach to communications and legislative outreach.

"After a great deal of consideration, I made the decision to withdraw Red Bank from the Small Cities Coalition," Mr. Granholm said in a prepared statement to the…

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