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Bradenton council tables short-term extension for local economic development contract, asks for clearer deliverables
Summary
After a two-hour exchange about deliverables and communication with local partners, the City Council voted 4–1 to table a proposed short-term $50,000 extension of the Bradenton Area EDC contract and asked staff and council members to submit specific metrics for a May 13 return.
Bradenton City Council on April 22 voted 4–1 to table a proposed short-term extension of the city's contract with the Bradenton Area Economic Development Corporation (EDC), asking staff and council members to supply specific deliverables and metrics for a May 13 follow-up.
The discussion began after Councilwoman Moore pulled the consent-item proposal so the council could evaluate whether the EDC's shortened scope and deliverables matched the city's priorities. Moore and others said the draft extension reduced previously detailed deliverables to five…
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