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Committee flags transparency, procurement and device-repair issues; procurement report shows increased outreach needed
Summary
Committee reviewed a 77-page transparency report, raised questions about small-dollar transactions and fuel charges, discussed duplicate vendor credits and procurement-card fraud, and heard a semiannual procurement report showing outreach to certified minority/women-owned firms remains below goals.
Committee members spent a sizable portion of the June 20 meeting reviewing the district's transparency and procurement activity and asking staff for follow-up on several items.
The chair highlighted outlier entries in the transparency report and asked staff to verify whether small charges (including a 19-cent lodging posting and several even-dollar professional-development payments) were billing errors, deposit posts or grant-coded transactions. Staff explained some small charges are card-transaction artifacts and that several even-dollar professional-development payments relate to the Magnet Schools Assistance…
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