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Council questions late audit responses as City Utilities Committee clears two Watershed contracts
Summary
During a Committee of the Whole session on Oct. 6, council members approved two Watershed Management on-call electrical repair contracts but pressed procurement and the department for explanations after an internal audit (IPER) report and responses were submitted to committee late.
Atlanta City Council’s Committee of the Whole approved two on-call electrical services contracts for the Department of Watershed Management on Oct. 6 but not before members voiced concerns about timing and transparency around an internal post-award review.
The body voted to approve two agreements: a three-year contract (with renewal options) for on-call major electrical repairs with Brown Electrical JV, not to exceed $2,250,000, and a second three-year on-call services contract with Ruby Collins JV, not to exceed $17,100,000. Both contracts were explicitly conditioned on adoption of the fiscal-year 2027–2028 budgets and carried a recorded vote of 10–0 to approve.
Council member Alex Juan pressed the administration for an explanation about an IPER (internal performance and evaluation review) report he said was provided late to the committee. Juan told the council he expected post-audit documents to arrive at least 24 hours before committee consideration and said the late submission made members uncomfortable given the size of the awards.
“I'm gonna hold my nose on this and support it,” Juan said, but he said the delay should…
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