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Subcommittee weighs raising $1,000 public‑works threshold, adding alternative procurement methods
Summary
Group Six examined draft charter procurement language that currently treats public works over $1,000 as council‑level items; members discussed raising the threshold (options cited up to $250,000) and allowing best‑value or design‑build procurement, and requested benchmarking and finance input.
Group Six reported March 18 on a lengthy review of charter procurement language and thresholds for public‑works contracts.
Staff summarized the current draft: "Currently under the draft language, if a public work is expected to cost more than a thousand dollars ... That item needs to be agendaized and…
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