Members of the city’s Finance and Budget Committee are discussing the need for a new policy, requiring projects with large capital expenditures to come before them for review before going to the City Council for action.
Committee members spoke about such a potential policy at their meeting Tuesday, voicing concern they weren’t given a chance to analyze proposals such as a 15-year lease of city offices in a downtown office building – a potential $37.4 million project.
“It’s disappointing to read about these kind of things in the paper that have obviously been done around the committee,” committee member Leslie McMillan told City Engineer Lara Biggs. She included the city’s sudden $2.6 million purchase of the former Little Beans Cafe at the same meeting at which the Civic Center and Police/Fire Headquarters issues were discussed. City officials maintained…
