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Council rejects request for city staff to pick up donated pumpkins for Celebrate Montrose
Summary
Celebrate Montrose asked Public Works to pick up 45 donated pumpkins (pallet/Gaylord). Councilors debated precedent and whether the request should have come through Park & Rec; council voted to reject the request for city staff pickup (4–0 with one abstention).
Staff reported a request from Celebrate Montrose to have Public Works pick up donated pumpkins (45 in a Gaylord pallet). Public Works said the city has done similar pickups when items were coordinated through Park & Rec, but several councilors objected to using city staff time for a private group's event.
One councilor noted the city would be paying staff to collect pumpkins for a private group and suggested that if the request had come through Park & Rec it might have been handled differently. After discussion, a motion to reject the request for city staff pickup of the pumpkins passed with a 4–0 vote and one abstention.
Council asked staff to confirm whether Park & Rec could handle similar requests in the future and to clarify policy on city staff performing work for outside groups.
