In our March 8, 2016, post entitled A $315,000 SNAFU at McEuen?, OpenCdA observed that Coeur d’Alene’s city government sometimes buries items in the Council meeting’s Consent Calendar. The rationale for this practice stated on the Council agenda is a buried item is “considered routine by the City Council.” No need to inform the public by discussing the meat of such a buried item.
In our March 8 post, we expressed some concern this procedural interment might occur with an item, a contract change order, approved by the City’s General Services Committee at its March 3 meeting. We were right.
The online agenda for the March 15, 2016, City Council meeting lists this item G.6.b. on the Consent Calendar: Approval of Change Order No. 1 to the contract with Ednetics, Inc. for the IP Camera Surveillance System — Recommended by General Services Committee.
OpenCdA thinks this change order ought to have closer scrutiny before the casket is closed and buried by the City Council in the privacy of the Consent Calendar. (more…)