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ACME review finds no fraud in Long Center contract, recommends performance metrics and transparency changes

Austin Music Commission · April 6, 2026
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Summary

An ACME desk audit found the Long Center third-party grant-administration contract provides speed and capacity gains but lacks performance metrics; staff proposed a contract amendment, quarterly monitoring, and options including RFQ, external audit or phased in‑house transition.

Morgan Messick, assistant director at ACME, presented an internal contract review and desk audit of the City’s third‑party grant administrator relationship with the Long Center. Messick summarized what the review found as strengths (rapid deployment capability, payment-processing efficiency, Submittable familiarity and reduced purchaser burden) and areas needing improvement (lack of performance metrics tied to administrative fees, blurred oversight lines, and limited…

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