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Council member seeks procurement reforms after contractor performance, orders Castle Point rebid
Summary
Council discussion centered on a problematic contractor (Ranieri), punch-list issues on a precinct project and plans to convene stakeholders and working groups to reform procurement and rebidding of a traffic-calming contract.
Council members debated procurement practices and contractor performance on July 8 after Councilwoman Webb asked to drop a traffic-calming contract and rebid the work following complaints about the awarded contractor’s prior performance.
Webb said a contract for traffic calming in Castle Point had been awarded to a firm with “quite a few challenges” completing a previous Precinct 1 construction project and moved to drop the order of business and rebid the work. “I am dropping this order of business,” Webb said, adding that she planned stakeholder meetings to gather input on procurement practices and to invite…
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