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Supervisors endorse continued emergency contracting authority with added oversight demands
Summary
The board concurred with the mayor's 35th supplemental proclamation authorizing streamlined extensions of COVID-related contracts, while several supervisors emphasized the need for GAO oversight, continued reporting, and a plan to phase out emergency procedures.
The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on April 27 to concur with the mayor's 35th supplemental proclamation that allows departments to extend certain COVID-19-related contracts through a streamlined process and to adopt related controller policies intended to expedite payments and contract amendments under the emergency orders (item 26).
Supervisors said the item benefits from prior review in the Government Audit and Oversight (GAO) Committee. As GAO chair Dean Preston explained, the committee hearing reviewed contracts issued under prior supplementals and discussed proposed changes in…
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