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Supervisors approve PUC engineering contract increases amid criticism over local-hire results
Summary
The board voted 8–2 to authorize increases to four professional engineering service agreements with the Public Utilities Commission for the Water System Improvement Program, prompting supervisors to press the PUC on local-business participation and contract scoping.
The Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution authorizing the general manager of the Public Utilities Commission to execute amendments to increase four professional engineering service agreements for projects funded by the Water System Improvement Program. The measure passed after sharp questioning from supervisors over local hiring outcomes and project scoping.
Supervisor David Campos, speaking from the Budget and Finance Committee, raised concerns about whether splitting larger contracts into smaller ones achieved the stated goal of increasing Local Business Enterprise (LBE) prime-contracting opportunities. Campos noted that the four contracts, taken together, totaled…
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