Politics & Government
PR for Brentwood Government Comes at a Cost
The city contracted someone for public relations consultation following the recent financial scandals.
The costs for Brentwood's have been mounting.
After the funds from , and the , the city added one more cost on Monday: $3,000 for "PR for legal matter," as noted in a city document.
The Brentwood Board of Aldermen approved a list of expenditures that included a $3,000 payment to Margaret Welch, a public relations consultant who operates her own business. The city hired her to help with public relations following the recent financial scandals.
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Welch helped with press releases and developed talking points for , Kelly said.
"We don't have a PR person and we're short-handed enough ," Kelly said."Throughout the years, we've used PR firms to help us with different things because we don't have somebody."
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The city last hired Welch about a year ago, Kelly said.
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