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ONE CIVIC SQUARE ROB DEROCKER CHECK AMOUNT: $9,150.00
CARMEL, INDIANA 46032 3 WARNER LANE
TARRYTOWN NY 10591 CHECK NUMBER: 228979
CHECK DATE: 2/1112014
DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT PO NUMBER INVOICE NUMBER AMOUNT DESCRIPTION
1203 4340401 31745 02/01/2014 9, 150 . 00 PUBLIC RELATIONS
ROD DEROCKER & ASSOCIATES
3 WARNER DANE
TARRYTOWN, NY 10591
917-658-4653
INVOICE
Date: Feb. 1, 2014
Client: Carmel Redevelopment Commission
For: Public Relations Services, .Ian. 1-31, 2014
Professional Fees: $99150.00
TOTAL: $9,150.00
CITY OF CARMEL
MONTHLY REPORT - JANUARY, 2014
ROB DEROCKER & ASSOCIATES
3 WARNER LANE
TARRYTOWN, NY 10591
917-658-4653
Public Relations Program for the City of Carmel, IN
Monthly Report, January, 2014
Media Results
Cumulative Program to Date Ad Equivalency: $661,720
Cumulative Program to Date Editorial Impact: $3,308,600
Activities
• Arranged interviews for the Mayor with the following media in Washington,
DC:
o Wendy Koch, USA Today
o Valerie Volcovici, ThomsonReuters
o Coral Davenport, The New York Times*
o Laura Mandeville-Tostaine, Le Figaro*
(*For different reasons Ms. Davenport and Ms. Mandeville-Tostaine were forced
to postpone their interviews with Mayor Brainard until a future date. Ms.
Davenport noted that she wants to do a series on what local communities are
doing to address climate change, and asked that I check in with her in early
February).
• Arranged for Neela Banerjee of The Los Angeles Times to attend the U.S.
Conference of Mayors committee meeting on climate change and energy
security.
• Beyond those interviews noted above, pitched the Mayor as a potential
interview subject regarding climate change to the following:
o National Public Radio
o The Washington Post
o The Atlantic
o Bloomberg News
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• Corresponded with Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine about a possible
meeting with Mayor Brainard. She was not able to meet during this trip to
Washington but expressed interest in meeting the Mayor at another time
to discuss climate change initiatives.
February Work Plan
• Follow up on media appointments arranged and/or pitched in January,
including the New York Times, USA Today, Thomson Reuters, The Los
Angeles Times and Le Figaro, among others.
• Continue outreach to site consultants with Carmel and an invitation for
them to consider Carmel for the corporate expansions and relocations
they are managing. Also, continue sharing relevant new Carmel publicity
and Carmel developments with regional and national media throughout
the U.S. and European and Asian media
• Share (with the Mayor and Nancy Heck) appropriate media leads that
come my way; follow up appropriately.
• Continue outreach for potential speaking engagements for the Mayor in
business and economic development forums.
• Determine if the Mayor will have availability during upcoming out-of-town
business trips for meetings with site selection consultants and/or media,
and then work to arrange those meetings.
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Prescribed by State Board of Accounts City Form No.201(Rev.1995)
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE VOUCHER
CITY OF CARMEL
An invoice or bill to be properly itemized must show: kind of service,where performed, dates service rendered, by
whom, rates per day, number of hours, rate per hour, number of units, price per unit, etc.
Payee
Purchase Order No.
Terms
Date Due
Invoice Invoice Description Amount
Date Number (or note attached invoice(s) or bill(s))
02/01/14 Invoice $9,150.00
1 hereby certify that the attached invoice(s), or bill(s), is(are)true and correct and I have audited same in accordance
with IC 5-11-10-1.6
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Clerk-Treasurer
VOUCHER NO. WARRANT NO.
Rob DeRocker &Associates ALLOWED 20
IN SUM OF $
3 Warner Lane
Tarrytown, NY 10591
$9,150.00
ON ACCOUNT OF APPROPRIATION FOR
Community Relations
PO#/Dept. INVOICE NO. =E AMOUNT Board Members
31745 Invoice 43-593.00 $9,150.00 I hereby certify that the attached invoice(s), or
bill(s) is (are) true and correct and that the
materials or services itemized thereon for
which charge is made were ordered and
received except
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