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City Council · March 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM · Council Chambers

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Open-Ended Professional Services Contracts Add 27 Unspecified New Vendors.

City departments can hire certain outside professionals for jobs estimated at $100,000 or less without a council vote on each one. Now, new legislation adds 27 vendors to that program, but it doesn't name them. Informup asked council for the list but hadn't heard back by publication. One council member worried the system could lead departments to overlook minority contractors.

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Portable Restroom Back Payment Sparks Inquiries into the Prevalence of Closed Public Restrooms in City Parks.

The city has spent $219,000 on portable restrooms for parks without working permanent ones. Parks have 20 open public restrooms, but the public works director had no exact count of closed ones. Reopening them would take public approval and tax funding, the director said. Council members agreed there should be a plan to start tackling the long-standing issue.

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