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AGENDA ITEMS:
1. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Morad and Pereira, requesting that Purchasing Director Molly Gilfeather Rodriguez provide to the Audit Committee monthly – by the 5th of each month – reports detailing the previous month's Request for Proposals issued by the City of New Bedford. (Matter ID #1359) (Referred – August 13, 2024.)
INVITEES: Molly Gilfeather Rodriguez, Purchasing Director
2. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Gomes, requesting, that the Committee on Audit ask the Administration to provide the Committee with a list of all contractors that contract for service work, engineering, etc., awarded by the City over the past eight years; and further, that the list be provided to the Committee by year, from January 2014 to September 2022. (Matter ID #1670) (Referred – October 13, 2022.) (October 28, 2022 – RETURNED UNSIGNED by the Mayor.) (February 25, 2025 – tabled.) (April 10, 2025 – tabled.)
INVITEES: Robert Ekstrom, Chief Financial Officer; Molly Gilfeather Rodriguez, Purchasing Director
3. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Pereira, Oliver and Morad, requesting, that the Committee on Audit receive monthly reports for expenditures from every department and account. (To be Referred to the Committee on Audit, CFO Robert Ekstrom, the Auditor and the Administration.) (Matter ID #1155) (Referred – June 27, 2024.) (July 15, 2024 – RETURNED UNSIGNED by the Mayor.) (October 17, 2024 – tabled.) (February 25, 2025 – tabled.) (April 10, 2025 – tabled.)
INVITEES: Robert Ekstrom, Chief Financial Officer; Quillan Lowney, City Auditor
Chair Suggests 'Waive Reading', 'No Further Action' and 'Report Out to the Full City Council'
4. RELATED MOTION, Councillor Pereira, requesting, that the Committee on Audit investigate the departmental deficit of $184,291 in the Mayor’s Office. (Matter ID #2003) (Referred – November 30, 2023.) (October 17, 2024 – tabled. )
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