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Muskego council debates consultant oversight, votes to follow existing purchasing policy
Summary
At its Dec. 16 Committee of the Whole meeting, Muskego City councilmembers debated how closely to oversee staff use of consultants and voted to continue following the city—s current purchasing policy while asking staff for an annual, systemwide list of vendors and consultants for review.
The Muskego City Committee of the Whole debated the council—s role in overseeing staff use of consultants during its Dec. 16 meeting and voted to continue following the city—s existing purchasing policy while asking staff to provide an annual master list of consultants and vendor spending.
The discussion began after Chair (Speaker 1) framed the issue as a choice about how far the council wants to intrude into staff decisions about consultants, noting that "Typically, our practice has been to allow staff to use the consultants that they've been comfortable with and that work well with them as long as it's within the budget." The chair added that some long-standing vendor relationships…
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