TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
George Gabriel, Senior Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of Approving the Proposed Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Chamber of Commerce Work Plan Contract in the Amount of $49,500 (City Manager Moe).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 19-0006
Line
_________________________________________________________
Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council consider adopting Resolution No. 19-0006 approving the proposed Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Chamber of Commerce work plan contract in the amount of $49,500.
Body
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
In the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-2019 budget, funds totaling $71,000 were appropriated for Economic Development partnerships and sponsorship of Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) events. Therefore, sufficient funds are budgeted to accommodate the Chamber of Commerce's proposed work plan contract.
BACKGROUND:
At the September 5, 2017, City Council meeting, City Council adopted Resolution No. 17-0115 approving the Chamber work plan contract for an amount not-to-exceed $57,250 for FY 2017-2018. Consistent with the conditions set forth in the agreement, the Chamber completed six of the seven tasks set forth in FY 2017-2018 work plan contract. Below is a summarization of the tasks, the funding provided, completion level, and the deliverable associated with the task.
Local Marketing Programs
* Visitor Business Map ($12,750) - Completed
o Printed 35,000 copies of the map and distributed throughout community.
* Online Visitor Resource ($25,000) - Incomplete
o The Chamber has not completed this task but has started to create the visitor website. Due to higher costs than anticipated, the Chamber believes it is unable to complete the task with the current funding allocated and disbursed. The Chamber anticipates completing this task but requests additional funding to complete the online visitor website. The request for additional funding wi...
Click here for full text