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Commission asks staff to quantify annual spending exempt from competitive bidding
Summary
Commissioners asked staff to produce annualized figures showing how much the city spends on professional services that the municipal code currently exempts from competitive bidding, and asked for benchmarking against neighboring cities. Staff agreed to refine financial-system exports and return with recommended metrics.
At Item J3 the commission opened a review of professional-services procurement after a resident's letter argued the municipal code exempts many professional services from competitive bidding. Commissioners read the municipal code language aloud and discussed that "professional services of engineers, architects, accountants, attorneys, doctors, and other professional classes…
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