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Trustee presses for transparency after PMR contract and invoicing details added to work-session minutes
Summary
Trustee Harris successfully requested an amendment to the work-session minutes that records concerns about invoicing and oversight of RealPoint/PMR, including that the PMR contract was signed 01/28/2025 and invoicing was estimated at roughly $26,500 per month with about $13,002.50 accrued for the first two weeks.
Trustee David Harris (named in the transcript as Trustee Harris) pressed the Waterford Township Board of Trustees on Feb. 24 to add detailed language to the work-session minutes documenting oversight questions and expected reporting about the Parks and Recreation bond project consultant, referred to in the transcript as RealPoint/PMR.
Harris told trustees he believed the consultant contract was signed the day after the board’s previous meeting, Jan. 28, 2025, and that invoicing had begun; he asked that the minutes record the timing and that the newly formed Parks and Recreation Bond Project Committee provide frequent, itemized financial reports to the full board. The addition was approved as part of the consent-agenda amendments.
The work-session amendment recorded the following details as requested by Harris and discussed by trustees and staff:
- Contract timing and initial invoicing: Harris stated the contract with PMR was signed 01/28/2025 and that PMR charged approximately $26,500 per month for advisory services under the contract. Harris said PMR had been “on the clock now for 2 weeks,” and he calculated that equated to…
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