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Center Point council hears competing social-media pitches; no contract vote in work session
Summary
Two local vendors proposed social-media and communications packages on June 2: Divine Media offered a negotiable $4,500 proposal and a six-month trial; Dr. Shayen Patrick proposed a $2,000 monthly retainer and content-focused management. Councilors asked technical and archival questions; final contracting will be considered at a later meeting.
The Center Point council heard rival pitches for a city social-media and communications contract at a June 2 work session, with two vendors offering different price points and approaches but no final decision recorded during the session.
A representative for Divine Media said the company would offer more than event videography, describing a wide communications strategy intended to ‘‘give Centerpoint and the residents of Centerpoint a better platform’’ and to bring in revenue through related projects such as high-school sports publicity. The presenter said the written proposal listed roughly $4,500 as a fee but called the number negotiable and offered a six-month trial period if the council selected the firm. The presenter also identified team members Warner Washington and Casey Washington and emphasized that “everything that gets posted is coming from Centerpoint. It won't be Divine Media,” framing the company as a service provider to the city.
Dr. Shayen Patrick offered a competing full-service package that combined photography, videography, social-media management, caption writing and optional web-design work. Patrick said her proposal includes a flat monthly retainer of $2,000, travel within Jefferson County included in that retainer and a commitment to post at least twice weekly and produce event highlights. She told the council she has roughly a decade of marketing experience and can provide scheduled content, head shots and web updates when needed.
Councilors and participants pressed both presenters on platform strategy and technical delivery. One participant recommended prioritizing Facebook because it is where many local residents look for city information; another recommended multi-stream services (Streamyard and similar tools) and noted that relying only on Facebook can create archival problems because the platform may remove live streams after a period, advising that recordings be saved to YouTube or another archive for long-term access.
A council member also noted that some local organizations already carry out business-promotion functions and referenced an existing contract with Skyline Management for economic development recruitment and retention; councilors asked how the vendors’ work would complement, not duplicate, those existing efforts.
No formal contract award or vote on a proposal took place during the work session; the record shows councilors will discuss the items further at the regular council meeting and after review by the city attorney. The work session moved on to other agenda items before any procurement vote was recorded.
Next steps: the council indicated it would review the proposals in the regular council meeting and consult the city attorney before taking a procurement vote.
