ONTARIO â The Ontario City Council faced a heavy agenda during its work session on June 3, and will meet on Tuesday. Among those items discussed included contract renewal with the firm charged with finding grant money for the city, potential changes to city council meeting days and revisited the civil penalties issue.
Contract renewal
The Ontario City Council voted to approve the renewal of the contract with Merchant McIntyre & Associates to utilize their services.
The company is an agency specializing in federal government relations, and according to its website, performs âcompetitive and discretionary grant fundingâ among other services.
The city has used Merchant McIntyreâs services for the past year at a cost of $6,500 for 12 months bringing the total cost spent to $78,000 in order to secure grant funds for the city. To date, Ontario has received over $173,800 in grant funds that were secured by Merchant McIntyre.