Transcript of episode 12:
The Community Redevelopment Agency did a sloppy job procuring new downtown holiday decorations. These decorations were sorely needed – the current ones are 20 years old and according to the agency in a state of disrepair. However, they waited until October to ask City Council for permission to buy $197,858 in new holiday decorations in time to have them hung by Thanksgiving Day, their self-created due date. No reason was given in City documents for their delay.
Due to the inaction by the agency, they had to ask for what’s known as a negotiated procurement. It prevents the agency from doing the work of putting together the pieces to execute a formal competitive solicitation process for businesses to bid on getting the chance to get paid by the city to provide the decorations. That’s not fair to those businesses. Shame on you Community Redevelopment Agency. Sounds like you handed the gig to a company and didn’t do a lick of work and blamed the universe for your shoddy behavior.
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