Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a service agreement with Heart & Hunter Inc, dba Hunter Marketing to provide communications services regarding salary transparency.
On November 3, 2025, Columbus City Council adopted ordinance 2898-2025, a measure requiring salary transparency in job postings. The pay transparency code change is intended to increase uniformity in policies for employers in Ohio, promote best practices in human resources, support job seekers in their search and in pay negotiations, and ensure that Columbus employers are operating competitively in the market by implementing these best practices.
The salary transparency requirements will be enforced beginning on January 1, 2027. In advance of employers being subject to compliance, Columbus City Council wants to ensure that both workers and employers are aware of the requirements through a multiplatform communications campaign.
Hunter Marketing has developed a proposed slate of deliverables associated with increasing awareness of Columbus’ new salary transparency laws, including social media engagement, creation of video and storytelling assets, collateral for an employer toolkit, among others. The proposed time frame for Phase 1 of the marketing and communications campaign is January 1 through April 1, 2026.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Emergency action is requested in order to authorize an agreement in time to initiate services within the proposed timeframe.
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To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a service agreement with Heart & Hunter Inc, dba Hunter Marketing to provide communications services regarding salary transparency; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure of $40,000.00 within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($40,000.00)
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WHEREAS, on November 3, 2025, Columbus City Council adopted ordinance 2898-2025, a measure requiring salary transparency in ...
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