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Public critics urge competitive bidding as Knox County tables amendment to performance-contract master agreement
Summary
Public commenters and several board members criticized extending the county's performance-contract arrangement to the new County Administration Building, alleging favoritism and high contractor markups; the board voted to table the amendment for further review.
Public criticism of the county's long-running performance-contract arrangement with a single vendor led the Knox County Board on Feb. 26 to table a proposed amendment that would add the new County Administration Building at 50 East Main Street to the contract.
David Amor, a former Knox County board member, told the board the county previously bypassed broader public bidding and then steered work to MSI, which "had a good run for the past 3 years," he said, but urged the board not to extend the same performance-contract…
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