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Commission approves PMA consulting amendment, continues hauling contract debate to Sept. 18
Summary
After public comment and staff explanation, the commission approved an amendment to a DCM contract with PMA Consultants to provide scheduling/cost-control and procurement support, while a separate hauling contract with Proline drew concern over a large price increase and was continued to Sept. 18 for further staff review.
Design & Construction Management staff explained that the proposed amendment to the PMA Consultants agreement would supply short-term scheduling, cost-control and procurement expertise to help the city get several bond and grant-driven projects out to bid. "We asked PMA to give us a proposal to have someone for 7 months...to make sure procurement is compliant so that we can go through this hump of getting all the rest of the procurement done," Jose (DCM) said.
A member of the public, Siobhan McLaughlin, said she was concerned about open-ended contract increases: "a…
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