I thought the city administration’s excuses for not rebidding these contracts were lame at best. A three to six months bidding cycle is absurd.
I ran General Procurement for a large aerospace company in Long Beach, Ca. before retirement. These type of service contracts would at most have had a three to four week turnaround cycle time.
The city is losing an opportunity to significantly lower costs—with the ultimate costs being born by the citizens, city employees and the taxpayer.
Joe Holtzman
Even though 3 – 4 weeks in the private sector means, realistically, 6 – 8 weeks in the public sector, two months would have been well worth the wait for better contract prices.
It is a safe guess that this Council would have acted much more fiscally prudent had it been their personal account! Paying for a project on their private property! That MacLean and Ury defended staff when staff slept on the job, is inexcusable to boot.
All I can say is, it’s high time for the recall, indeed!