Oakland
From the meeting · Public Works and Transportation Committee, · 0:38
Should big change orders come back to council for review?
After a City Auditor's audit of the city's capital projects, a member presses for council review of change orders, and the city's public works director answers.
a councilmember and a speaker
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a councilmember Yeah.
a councilmember So when a change order comes up, can it come back to the chair?
a councilmember Can it come back to us so we can see and have discussion about it?
a councilmember Because these change orders are astronomical.
a speaker I would worry a little bit about it, but like if we came back to a committee for every change order, that would essentially mean slowing our capital projects down considerably.
a speaker But I hear your point, which is on some change orders, there might be a good reason to do that.
a councilmember We come back with a certain dollar amount?
a councilmember Like if it's over $200,000 or, you know, could we come back with a certain dollar amount?
a speaker That's definitely something that we'll
a councilmember Let's talk about it.
a speaker Yeah, right on.
a speaker Okay.
Where it's from
- City Auditor's audit of capital project financial management Item 7: what happened
- The episode: Committee backs shorter parking contract extension; capital audit and housing bonds head to council
- The full recording from here