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Committee declines to send district legal services out to bid after extended discussion
Summary
The committee considered a motion to issue a request for qualifications (RFQ) for district legal services but the motion failed after members and community speakers described the district's existing flat-fee arrangement with its current firm and warned of higher costs and loss of institutional knowledge.
The Chariho School Committee discussed whether to go out to bid for district legal services as the current contract approaches expiration on June 30. After more than an hour of member discussion and public comment, a motion to publish an RFQ for legal services failed.
Why it mattered: The committee's current arrangement provides a flat-rate contract for much of the committee's legal needs, a structure several committee members and public speakers said saves money and ensures ready access to legal advice. Speakers…
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