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Council debates procurement authority and forwards settlement and indemnification requests to formal session
Summary
Council members pressed the law department and procurement officials on whether administrators are dividing contracts to fit lower approval thresholds, received explanations about a reissued tailoring/alterations solicitation, and sent multiple settlement and indemnification items to formal session without objection.
Council discussion on Nov. 12 centered on the council's ability to revoke delegated authority for administratively approved contracts and on monthly reporting for administratively approved contracts.
Attorney Graham Anderson (law department) told the committee that the procurement ordinance prohibits artificially dividing contracts to avoid oversight thresholds. Chief procurement officer Sandra Saul said a uniform bid for tailoring and alterations was originally submitted as a two‑year contract but was reissued as an informal solicitation (up to $50,000) after outreach concerns;…
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