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City attorney and manager say RFP recommendation complies with policy; manager cites staffing and Workday risk
Summary
City attorney Scott Levine said the RFP recommendation complies with law and policy; City Manager Mike Betts supported staff's recommendation because of ongoing Workday transition and a new CFO this year.
City attorney Scott Levine told the committee he saw no legal issue with the staff recommendation. "I think that the the way miss Stadman presented it is absolutely correct," Levine said, adding that staff had presented requirements that permit the recommendation and that the process complied with legal and best-practice standards.
Mike Betts, the city manager, urged the committee to weigh two main considerations: lingering Workday implementation issues and that this is the CFO's first year in the role. "We're still coming off of the transition to Workday and all of the systems issues with respect to change That was probably the biggest issue," Betts said, concluding that introducing a brand-new firm this year would create unnecessary challenges and that retaining continuity with a rotated manager struck a reasonable balance.
Both legal counsel and the city manager supported staff's request that the committee forward the recommendation to council for prompt consideration; staff said it would present the readout on July 20 with an expected award on July 21.
