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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED RESOLUTION NO. 2017 - 24 BY: Mayor Kennedy A RESOLUTION DISPENSING WITH THE RFQ PROCESS AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO RENEW A CONTRACT WITH MB3 CONSULTING LLC FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING SERVICES TO THE CITY. WHEREAS, pursuant to the RFQ process the City of North Olmsted on May 22, 2007 entered into a contract for economic consulting services with Silverlode Consulting Corp., which contract was renewed annually until March 30, 2010; and WHEREAS, since May 22, 2007, Greg Myers has served continually as the economic development consultant assigned by Silverlode Consulting Corp. to address the economic development needs of the City of North Olmsted; and WHEREAS, on or about April 1, 2010, Greg Myers commenced employment with MB3 Consulting, LLC; and WHEREAS, on or about April 22, 2010, the City entered into a one year contract with MB3 Consulting, LLC and pursuant to Resolution 2011-50, renewed the consulting agreement through April, 2012; and WHEREAS, on or about April 3, 2012 via Resolution 2012-30, the City entered into another one year contract with MB3 Consulting, LLC through April, 2013; and WHEREAS, on or about April 6, 2013 via Resolution 2013-38, the City entered into a two year contract with MB3 Consulting, LLC through April, 2015; and WHEREAS, on or about April 21, 2015 via Resolution 2015-21, the City again entered into a two year contract with MB3 Consulting, LLC through April, 2017; and WHEREAS, it is again the recommendation of the Director of Planning and Development that based upon the quality of the work performed to date by Greg Myers, his institutional knowledge of economic development concerns in the City of North Olmsted, and the current economic climate, the City rather than attempt to procure the necessary consulting services elsewhere and otherwise through the City's RFQ procedures, instead enter into another two year contract with MB3 Consulting, LLC; and WHEREAS, it is accordingly the desire of this Council, acting upon the recommendation of the Director of Planning, to dispense with the RFQ process and authorize the Mayor to enter into a two year contract with MB3 Consulting, LLC;