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Council committee backs raising signing limit for parks instructional and artistic services to $150,000
Summary
Staff recommended raising council-signature threshold for instructional and artistic services from $75,000 to $150,000, citing inflation and program-cost increases; committee agreed to present the updated resolution to council on Aug. 4 and asked for periodic reporting on contract costs.
City staff recommended increasing the council approval threshold for instructional and artistic services contracts from $75,000 to $150,000, citing significant cost increases in parks programs since 2018 and the administrative burden of routing numerous routine contracts to council.
Deputy Director Nara introduced the phased purchasing-improvement plan and said the committee would consider categories one at a time; the committee discussed instructional and artistic services in this meeting. Adam O'Sullivan presented…
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