A few weeks later, WebAgency called a meeting to share updates, but they hadn’t made any progress on the logo or branding. Instead, they spent the whole meeting

A few weeks later, WebAgency called a meeting to share updates, but they hadn’t made any progress on the logo or branding. Instead, they spent the whole meeting showing me design ideas for the website. “To be clear, the project is still a rebranding and not a redesign, right?” I asked. I'm sure the quote isn't verbatim from your meeting with, but I'm guessing your tone with them was similar. It sounds like you were speaking to them like you're both working at the same company, for the same boss, which isn't the right tone, IMO. You hired these people, so you should really be talking to them like you're the boss. Basically, dictate where their work is going. If it sounds like they're going off-track, that's your money they're wasting, so tell them, "This doesn't look like what I asked for.