Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to modify an existing professional services contract with Heart & Hunter Inc, dba Hunter Marketing, to provide additional marketing services related to pay transparency legislation passed by City Council in November 2025.
Ordinance 3430-2025 was passed on December 15, 2025 by City Council and authorized a contract with Hunter Marketing for $40,000.00 for communications services regarding salary transparency legislation. Ordinance 0886-2026, passed on March 30, 2026, extended the term of this contract.
This ordinance will modify the existing contract by an additional $20,000.00 in communications services, bringing the total cost of all services for this contract to $60,000.00.
Original contract amount $40,000.00 Ord. 3430-2025
Modification No. 1 amount $ 0.00 Ord. 0886-2026
Modification No. 2 amount $20,000.00
Total contract amount $40,000.00
Fiscal Impact: The funds for this expenditure are available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Emergency Designation: Hunter Marketing requires additional funds to proceed with the second phase of this project, which this contract modification authorizes.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to modify an existing contract with Heart & Hunter Inc, dba Hunter Marketing, to provide additional communications services; to authorize a transfer per the accounting codes attached to the ordinance; to authorize an expenditure of $20,000.00 from the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($20,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Columbus City Council authorized Ordinance 3430-2025 on December 15, 2025 to authorize a professional services contract between the City Clerk and Heart & Hunter Inc, dba Hunter Marketing, to execute marketing and communications services related to the implementation of pay transparency legislation; and
WHEREAS, additional services are required to provide sufficient clarity and e...
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