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Budget committee advances directive for a public review of procurement of contracts under $175,000
Summary
Vice Chair Koski introduced a legislative directive asking staff to review procurement practices and publish accessible data on solicitations and contracts under $175,000; the committee approved the consent agenda, and CFO Deshaunie Dye warned that electronic records exist only since 2019, limiting a full 10-year lookback.
Vice Chair Koski told the Minneapolis City Budget Committee on Feb. 24 that she was introducing a legislative directive to require a comprehensive review of procurement policies and practices for solicitations and contracts under $175,000 and to publish the resulting data in an accessible format for residents.
“This legislative directive requests a comprehensive review of our procurement policies and practices, particularly for solicitations and contracts under a 175,000,” Koski said during the committee’s consent-agenda discussion.
The directive asks staff to analyze procurement trends over a multiyear period,…
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