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Metro vice mayor seeks Accenture contract to study council operations ahead of possible size change
Summary
The vice mayor told the executive committee she plans to file a resolution authorizing use of a cooperative purchasing master agreement with Accenture to conduct an operational analysis of the council office; the work will begin with a fact-finding phase and further phases would depend on a pending Supreme Court ruling about council size.
The Metro vice mayor told the executive committee on an executive-committee meeting that she intends to file a resolution accepting the terms of a cooperative purchasing master agreement with Accenture to perform an operational analysis of the Metro Council office. The resolution, as described at the meeting, would authorize engagement under an existing cooperative purchasing contract and initiate a phased study beginning with fact-finding about current operations.
The vice mayor said the first phase will be a “fact-finding analysis” that includes staff interviews, benchmarking against peer city council offices and department input, and that any subsequent phases would be determined later. “Phase 1 is really fact finding. It’s interviewing. It’s asking what kind of resources can be brought to bear for the current office,” the vice mayor said. She…
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