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Committee members put multiple contracts on hold amid Smith Warren vendor concerns
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Committee members flagged Smith Warren Management Services and related vendor work after an unidentified legislator said a Board of Adjustment had denied a roughly $170,000 claim and urged further review; the committee placed several contracts on hold pending conversations with finance officials.
A Joint Interim Committees meeting Thursday heard sharp questions about the use of Smith Warren Management Services to administer several professional licensing boards, and members said they would hold related contracts pending further review.
Wendy Darling, chair of the Interpreters and Translators Board, told the committee her board contracts with Smith Warren Management Services Inc. to administer licensing for sign language interpreters and translators. "They administer what our board does, which is grant licenses and permits to interpreters to be able to provide services to people who are deaf or hard…
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