I could try to explain this in a very long blog post. But I will let you read this document yourself, AND watch the petulant city directors piss and moan about the changes. Basically it comes down to the city council having more control of the city awarding contracts, which city directors fear will slow the process. While this may be true, I support the changes because it will bring in greater oversight for the council and transparency to the public. What the council may or may not realize is that they are creating more work for themselves, but hey, that is why we elected them. Maybe they can pass a city ordinance that allows them to be paid $75 dollars every time they have to debate a city contract.
I support the changes because it will bring in greater oversight for the council and transparency to the public.
HooRah. Now all we have to do is get rid of a couple of rubber stampers.
I think that “rubber stampers” will be only one of the problems. There will most likely be quite an increase in ethics complaints due to conflicts of interest and a lot of behind the scene influence being used to award contracts a certain way.
While I support the concept of transparency, I don’t think this will bring it – it will increase behind closed doors dealings.
Does anyone know the current turnaround time to award a typical $20,000+ contract? I’ll be interested to see what is after this passes.
I think Chad Huwe said currently if a contract is awarded on a Wednesday, work can begin Monday. Pretty quick if you ask me. Like Brown said, they can be on the consent agenda. They can also call special meetings if it is that dire.