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State auditor urges Hooper to put long-used professional services under contract; council tables RFP discussion
Summary
Following a state auditor presentation, council members agreed Hooper should follow procurement code and competitively bid long-standing professional services. The council voted to table a motion to draft a legal-services RFP until May 1 and asked staff for itemized billing records.
The Hooper City Council heard from Seth Oviso, manager of the Utah State Auditor'0s Office local government division, who said the auditor'0s office had received complaints that the city lacked current contracts for certain professional services and recommended the city follow its procurement policy and the state procurement code.
Oviso told the council the office'0s review found instances where professional services, including legal and engineering work, had been provided for many years without a contemporaneous contract or periodic competitive procurement. "You get to set those rules, but once you set them you'0re…
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