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Council approves PRIMA rollout but orders frequent progress reports after LAPD raises accounting concerns
Summary
The council approved recommendations to implement the city's PRIMA purchasing/inventory system (SMS) while ordering biweekly progress updates to the Government Efficiency Committee after the Los Angeles Police Department warned PRIMA's design lacks divisional-level budget control and will change LAPD accounting practices.
The Los Angeles City Council approved a motion to advance the PRIMA (SMS) procurement and inventory rollout while requiring regular updates to the Government Efficiency Committee about outstanding technical issues raised by the Los Angeles Police Department and controller staff.
Councilmember Jackie Goldberg opened discussion by asking how PRIMA-related changes intersected with previously reported Government Efficiency Committee (GEC) issues. "There have been some issues with LAPD because the changes being asked for put processes in the system that are extremely different from what LAPD does now," Goldberg said, noting the department's internal controls complicate integration.
Robert Jensen, PRIMA…
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