Bloom Group Professional Services Contract At a glance What: a professional services contract with the Bloom Group, not to exceed $156,000. Where it stands: Introduced October 20; held one week on October 27 (Cory Penn); still held over on the November 3 agenda. Next: outcome of the November 3 meeting. Details No further detail in the sources read. Sources Council minutes of 2026-10-20: https://mobileal.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=3822,plainText=false) Council minutes of 2026-10-27 (draft): https://mobileal.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=3833,plainText=false) Log 2026-11-03 - City Council Held-over resolution approved together with the other held-over items. 2026-10-27 - City Council Held one week. 2026-10-20 - City Council Introduced. 2026-10-27 - Pre-Council To be held one week; members want municipalities served, amounts paid and scope of work. 2026-10-20 - Pre-Council Members asked for scope-of-work detail and monthly activity reports; the administration explained the shift from an in-house legislative liaison to the firm and cited a two-year cooling-off period for former employees.