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City staff recommends two on‑call communications consultants; council requests contract review before consent

Committee of the Whole — Finance, Administration and Communications · October 8, 2024
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Summary

City staff proposed two two‑year on‑call communications contracts, capped at $75,000 per year, to support community outreach and small emergency messaging; council members asked for clarity on crisis communications and requested to see contract language before final consent placement.

City staff presented two proposed on‑call communications contracts intended to supplement the city’s internal communications and community‑outreach capacity.

Lisa Maher, Deputy Director for the Executive Department, told the Committee of the Whole the city ran an RFP that produced nine applications and that staff selected Jefferson & Associates (a current vendor) and Cascadia Consulting Group (a new, smaller vendor with prior work on Redmond 2050). Each agreement would have a…

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