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Sunbury Charter panel discusses expanding procurement options, exempting professional services from competitive bidding
Summary
At an April 2025 meeting, the Sunbury City Charter Review Commission discussed edits to Article 9 to allow alternative public-construction delivery methods and to clarify that certain professional services are not subject to standard competitive bidding requirements.
The Sunbury City Charter Review Commission on April 2025 reviewed proposed edits to Article 9 (finance, taxation and contracting) that would broaden the city’s procurement options for public construction projects and explicitly exclude many professional services from the city’s competitive-bid requirement.
Commission staff member Rebecca, who presented the edits, said the changes are intended to let the city use delivery methods such as construction manager at risk and design-build and other collaborative procurement models while still complying with the state’s procurement rules. Rebecca said the change was proposed so “the city [has] every…
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