REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
JUNE 5, 2019
A meeting of the Finance Committee was held on Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. in the Aldermanic
Chamber.
Mayor Jim Donchess, Chairman, presided.
Members of the Committee present: Alderman Michael B. O’Brien, Vice Chair
Alderman Patricia Klee
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Members not in Attendance: Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Also in Attendance: Kim Kleiner, Director, Administrative Services
David G. Fredette, Treasurer/Tax Collector
Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
PUBLIC COMMENT - None
COMMUNICATIONS
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re Contract for Emerging Leaders in Public Health Consultant Engagement
MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND AWARD THE CONTRACT TO ML
BRANDING STRATEGY IN THE AMOUNT OF $32,500. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN DEPARTMENT 171,
COMMUNITY SERVICES; GRANT FUNDS ($30,500) AND GENERAL OPERATING FUND ($2,000)
ON THE QUESTION
Mayor Donchess
Ms. Bagley is here to address this proposed contract.
Bobbie Bagley, Director Health & Community Services
Good evening Aldermen. So this contract with ML Branding is a part of the work that the Division of Public
Health & Community Services is doing with our emerging leaders in Public Health. As you recall we received
the contract from the Kresge Foundation in the amount of $119,000.00 to build our leadership capacity. As a
part of that contract for that transformative initiative there was a piece that was written in for us to do some
branding of the Division’s role as Chief Public Health Prevention Strategists and the ML Branding Company will
work with us on branding our Division as these Chief Health Strategists also work with us on creating internal
systems and what is required for us to support our transforming of brand and systems training as well as
developing a repetitive framework for branding and communication of other programs that we have. Michelle
has worked with other Health Departments in the country, in particular in Massachusetts and did some work
with our New Hampshire Public Health Association on some branding and communication. She comes very
highly qualified; | did attach to the Memo her contract which shows how she is going to work with us over a
period up until October of 2019 to get this work completed. We are 6 months into this transformative initiative
and the Division is moving along quite nicely so we are ready to take the next stage of our work with the
branding with this particular consultant.
