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Contracts and Administration office warns cuts would hinder contract oversight and worker protections
Summary
Office of Contracts and Administration officials told the Budget and Finance Committee that proposed cuts would reduce the office’s capacity to monitor contracts and enforce labor protections, risking delays in inspections, timely contractor payments and enforcement of wage/worker ordinances.
The Office of Contracts and Administration (BCA) told the Budget and Finance Committee that proposed eliminations to its staffing would weaken the city’s ability to oversee construction contracts, protect workers and update fees and fines.
Genn Alright Junior (as identified in the transcript), director of the Office of Contracts and Administration, said the office faces reductions that would remove dozens of positions and complicate timely contract oversight. He told the committee the office functions as “the ears and eyes” of procurement transparency and protects workers and the…
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