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2026-10-12 - Advertising and Promotion Commission

Summary

Built from the posted agenda and the attached retreat schedule and memos; outcomes are not stated.

  • New business: discuss and vote on a managed IT services contract; the CEO's memo recommends a 36-month contract for $224,790 (about $74,930 a year) from January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2029, replacing the current contract that ends in October 2027. See Advertising and Promotion Commission Contracts and Funding.
  • New business: discuss and vote on a leadership development and culture survey agreement for $21,250, to start in early 2027. See Advertising and Promotion Commission Contracts and Funding.
  • A funding request packet from the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks asks the Commission for $60,000 toward Glass in Flight, a six-month glass sculpture exhibition planned for May through October 2028; a decision is needed by December 31, 2026. See Advertising and Promotion Commission Contracts and Funding.
  • Retreat (8:15 AM to 5:00 PM): presentations from marketing and sales partners and staff, handbook and financial policy review requests, employee compensation benchmarking, and FY27 budget planning including the community funding request form and the tourism marketing match program. See Advertising and Promotion Commission Contracts and Funding.
  • Administration: additions to the agenda and approval of the September meeting minutes. An executive session is also listed; no subject is stated on the agenda.
  • Commissioners include City Council representatives Bob Stafford and Mike Wiederkehr.

Agenda

  1. Call to order, 8:30 AM
  2. Administration: additions or changes to the agenda; approval of September meeting minutes
  3. Retreat agenda attached (8:15 AM to 5:00 PM)
  4. New business: A. TekTrendz contract (discuss and vote); B. FiredUp! Culture agreement (discuss and vote)
  5. Executive session
  6. Good of the order; adjournment

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