A COVID consulting contract could add Atlanta’s violence-reduction office

Atlanta’s Office of Violence Reduction is seeking access to an agreement still titled “COVID-19 Consulting Services”—the same Landmark Consulting contract City Council has already authorized using for FIFA World Cup grant-compliance work.⁠[1][2][3]

Ordinance 26-O-1649 would add the mayoral office as a user of the Finance Department’s agreement and authorize additional funding. The third-amendment proposal appears under first readings in the Finance/Executive Committee’s Nov. 10, 2026 minutes, which are marked draft. That listing is not Council approval of the amendment.⁠[1][2][4]

The draft would waive the city procurement code’s source-selection provisions to add the new user. Finance’s stated case for using the existing agreement is speed, cost savings and Landmark’s expertise. The ordinance says the chief financial officer considers the proposed services already within the contract’s scope; it does not quantify the claimed savings.⁠[1][5]

The World Cup connection predates this request. Council adopted Resolution 26-R-3551 on May 18 by a 12–0 consent vote, authorizing up to $500,530 more for grant-compliance services under the same contract. That was permission to execute an amendment, not evidence that the money was spent or that the amendment was executed.⁠[3]

What Landmark would do for the violence-reduction office is less clear. The ordinance leaves a blank after “add funding for,” as well as for the additional funding ceiling. Finance’s accompanying transmittal describes the purpose as adding funding for work related to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, without explaining the office’s particular assignment.⁠[1][5]

The transmittal anticipates a second committee reading Nov. 24 and full Council consideration Dec. 7. Those are the department’s anticipated dates, not a guarantee of action or adoption.⁠[5]