The City of Saline plans to terminate its contract with Metric Marketing.
In April of 2025, Saline City Council approved spending $137,000 to have Metric Marketing, located on North Ann Arbor Street, to assist the city improve its communications and outreach.
The contract called for:
- A preliminary engagement report.
- Brand guidelines and files.
- Configuration of internal platforms like Slack.
- Finalizing the outside platforms.
- Staff training documentation.
- Updated website branding.
- Updated communication platform branding.
- Website and social media guidelines
- Communication templates.
- Training and documentation for city staff.
- Community communication campaign.
There have been questions about the expense since the beginning, although council approved the decision by a 6-1 vote. Councillor Jenn Harmount was the no-vote…