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Council seeks to prevent late or mismatched food vendors at cultural events
Summary
Councilmembers asked how to avoid past situations where food vendors were culturally mismatched or approved too late; staff said committees will pre-specify desired food types and staff will set deadlines to prevent late additions.
A councilmember raised past problems with food vendors that were not culturally aligned to an event and with preferred vendors applying after selections had closed. "I was just trying to read through this and see how we would prevent that situation," the councilmember said, pointing to the food-vendor language in the draft policy.
Erica Madsen said the intention is to have the volunteer committee brainstorm the types of food they want in advance and for staff to source and present options to the community; she suggested setting deadlines for late requests to avoid last-minute substitutions. Staff also pointed to the volunteer conflict-of-interest provisions to address volunteers who are also vendors.
