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Cleveland council pauses plan to codify Consultant Review Committee after debate over transparency and speed
Summary
Council members and city officials debated a proposed ordinance to codify a Consultant Review Committee (CRC) for unbid professional services contracts over $25,000. Administration officials said the CRC provides vendor oversight; others said the committee can slow hiring. The measure was held for further discussion.
Council members on the Finance, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee heard competing views Monday on a proposed ordinance that would require unbid professional services contracts greater than $25,000 to be reviewed by the city’s Consultant Review Committee (CRC).
The proposal, explained by Rachel Scalish, city attorney, would require unbid services contracts above a $25,000 threshold to pass CRC review and would compose the CRC of the director of finance, the director of human resources, the director of OEO and two mayoral/council appointees. “Our ordinance would require it for all unbilled services contracts greater than $25,000,” Scalish said.
Supporters, including the committee’s…
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