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Council tables ordinance to require extra council approval for professional service contracts
Summary
The Lawrence City committee of the whole debated Proposal 1 20 26 — an ordinance to require common council approval of certain professional service contract expenditures — and voted 6–1 to table the measure after members and counsel raised questions about scope, enforceability and a $5,000 threshold.
The Lawrence City committee of the whole voted 6–1 to table Proposal 1 20 26, an ordinance that would amend Title 1, Article 1, Chapter 2, Section 12 of the municipal code to require the common council to approve expenditures of professional service contracts before payment.
Members spent most of the discussion probing who sponsored the proposal, what precise changes it would make compared with last year's draft, and whether the council had the legal or practical tools to enforce the new requirement. Councilor Wells asked, "Why are we doing this? ... what is the need to be doing this when proposal 2 apparently…
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