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City outlines plan to speed vendor payments but says full fix depends on Opal rollout
Summary
Council members raised persistent vendor-payment delays; administration officials said root causes include contract nonconformance and fragmented invoice intake, and described near-term steps—a vendor management unit to triage issues and a longer-term Opal finance system go-live set for July 1, 2027.
Council members urged the administration to address slow vendor payments that strain small contractors and impede their ability to do business with the city.
Councilwoman Nina Mann said very small vendors "can't sustain themselves" when city payments are delayed. A finance official acknowledged the problem and said the delays often result from contract conformance issues…
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