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Board questions no-cost contract extensions, purchase orders and one-year communications contract
Summary
Directors asked why several no‑cost contract extensions were requested and whether some work begins before contracts are signed; operations and finance staff explained on‑call contracts, purchase orders for software and that TalkingPoints is currently contracted on a one‑year basis tied to funding cycles.
Director York raised concern about repeated no‑cost contract extensions listed on the agenda (items 12.12, 12.14–12.16) and asked why the district needed extensions and whether work had already started.
"These contracts are on call contracts, so we use them on an as needed basis," Mike McNamara, chief operations officer, said. "Typically, if it's a $100,000 contract, if we do not use all of the $100,000 during that time period, we'll extend it so that we can use the rest of the money in the contract before we go to write a new contract for them." McNamara added the district periodically issues…
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