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Council pares back procurement overhaul; requires posting of consultant contracts and council notification
Summary
After a lengthy debate sparked by concerns over prior consultant agreements, council members narrowed a wide-ranging procurement amendment to require posting of certain contracts on the county website and a uniform "blue sheet" notification to council; the narrowed measure passed.
Councilman Kabrowski proposed broad revisions to Charleston County's procurement ordinance aimed at increasing transparency and requiring council approval of contracts that influence policy. He cited two prior consulting agreements as examples and said the county must prevent policy-level contracts from being executed without council oversight.
"It has recently come to light that without council approval, consultants were hired to influence policy and policy makers," Kabrowski said as he presented the amendment text. His proposed changes would have required council approval regardless of…
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