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Supervisors Question SFPUC Hiring and Consultant Use on $4.3B Water Program
Summary
At a Government Audit and Oversight Committee hearing, SF PUC infrastructure officials defended hiring and contracting practices for the $4.3 billion Water System Improvement Program, saying consultants fill specialized or peak workloads while reporting steps to tighten contracting and oversight after prior audits.
Harlan Kelly, assistant general manager for infrastructure at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, told a Board of Supervisors committee that the agency balances in-house staff and outside consultants to deliver the voter-approved Water System Improvement Program (WSIP).
Kelly said the WSIP totals $4.3 billion, comprises 73 projects and serves about 2.4 million customers. He described two constraints that shape resourcing: a mayoral addendum and labor agreement language that prioritize city employees for capital programs when practical, and civil service review of scopes to determine whether city staff can perform specific professional services.
"Construction will kill you," Kelly said when supervisors pressed him to explain where program…
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