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Committee accepts emergency contracts to upgrade jail security systems and presses departments on reporting delays
Summary
The committee approved three emergency contracts totaling up to $1,116,047 to repair and modernize electronic security systems at County Jails 1 and 2, and demanded that Public Works comply with an Administrative Code Chapter 6 requirement to submit emergency contract reports within 60 days.
The Budget and Finance Committee on Oct. 14 approved forwarding three emergency Public Works contracts—totaling up to $1,116,047—to design, repair and upgrade electronic security systems in County Jails 1 and 2.
Sung Kim of Public Works acknowledged the department’s late reporting of the emergency procurements and said the department “realized that was an error, and we fully agree with the new policy and the new law,” committing to meet the…
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