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IRA committee approves one-year renewals for underwriter and two legal consultants; third attorney declines
Summary
At a regular meeting the IRA committee approved one-year contract renewals for its loan underwriter and two outside legal consultants and noted that a third attorney declined to continue because the expected workload did not offset insurance costs.
The IRA committee approved one-year renewals for its loan underwriter and two outside legal consultants and recorded that a third attorney declined to continue.
Staff member said the agency “did a competitive RFP process” two years ago and that HUD rules “obligated” the agency “to not go more than 3 years without doing an RFP,” which allows the authority to approve one-year extensions this year. The renewal underwriter was identified as Harry Zuckerman / Harrison Studio; the underwriter work was described as primarily the underwriting done by Mike Thomas.
The committee discussed three legal consultants identified in the packet: Mariette Geldenhuis, Sharon Solovetz and Crenn Flaherty. Staff member reported that Crenn Flaherty “declined to continue” because the amount of work available would not offset the insurance cost she would have to carry if she provided services outside her workplace. Committee members raised a minor wording correction in a resolve to specify that the scope was for community development legal services.
Committee members moved and voted to accept the contract renewals with the stated correction. No roll-call vote record or numeric tally was provided in the meeting transcript; members indicated approval by voice vote.
Staff member said legal review processes will be followed before execution: if a contract is for Mariette Geldenhuis, another attorney (Sherry) will review it, and reciprocal review will be performed for the others.
The committee confirmed the renewals and moved on to reporting items.
Ending: The agency will proceed to finalize one-year extension contracts and conduct the required legal reviews; staff noted the option to run an RFP sooner if the agency chooses.
