Committee asks full council to review WIC contract and possible early termination options
Housing director Thor Erickson told the committee the city's WIC contract runs through 2030 and cannot be unilaterally canceled without state coordination; the committee voted to move discussion to full council and requested audit and cost-benefit details.
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Thor Erickson, director of Housing and Community Empowerment, updated the committee on the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) contract and ongoing auditor work. Erickson said the contract language does not permit early termination before 2030 without negotiation, but staff will engage the state and consider successor administrators if the council directs termination. "If we were to terminate early...we have determined we should give them a couple year notice because it will be the state's authority and responsibility to find a new administer of WIC," Erickson said.
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