Next week’s city council agenda has a flurry of purchasing items on it. I guess council has been busy watching the management team disintegrate.
The Information Technology department seldom takes items out to bid. They prefer to use buy boards.
Item 6A proposes spending $425,583.73 for various security devices (cameras, locks, and things like that). The backup material points out that “The City has made the determination that purchasing from this cooperative offers the most cost-effective pricing”.
Horse feathers!
The backup material actually lists the items to be purchased as well as the prices. The second item on the list is a Model 5200 electric strike. The city is willing to pay $124.43 for each one of these. A quick internet search showed a supplier willing to sell the items for $92.25. The next item on the list is a Model 9500 surface strike. The city proposes to pay $417.00 each. They are available on the internet for $313.00.
Another camera on the list is an AXC-0515-001 that the city is prepared to pay $727.17 each for. The first one I found on the internet was for sale for $649.00.
Safe landing
Then another item proposes to spend $1,000,000 over a four year period with an out of town company for “Airport Financial and Planning Services”. Pricing was not part of the evaluation.
We deserve better
Brutus
elpasospeak 
Can thye make a decision with out J.W.?
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