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Council grills vendor billing for dispatch software after two-year unpaid invoice; directs staff to negotiate
Summary
Council debated a late invoice from vendor CMI tied to a University of Oregon contract; legal advised the city is contractually liable for roughly $29,300, but council declined immediate payment and directed staff to seek a negotiated resolution and return with options.
City staff brought a late, multi-year invoice from CMI (dispatch/records software vendor) to council after the University of Oregon contract ended and an internal review found unbilled charges for prior years.
Chief Whitehall explained that CMI had not invoiced the city for two years and only billed retroactively when auditing the University of Oregon contract. "They billed us the initial year, didn't bill it for years 2 and 3," Whitehall said.…
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