By Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint
In following the community meetings on what residents of San Diego should be charged for Trash Collection, it has been stated that the City spends 76 million a year on providing free trash pickup for residents. If the City is really concerned about saving money through charging residents for a service that has been free for over 100 years, can someone explain why a consultant contract for over 4 million dollars was spent with a firm to study how much to charge for such a service?
It appears that now is the time to do a major review of how the City engages in contracting. Specifically, the City Attorney’s office, with legal review assigned to look at these matters before contracts are signed, could okay such a contract without suggesting it go to the City Council for review. It’s time to request a public review of the contract and the services purchased for 4 million dollars. It appears that none of that money was spent on outreach to residents for the purpose of really attempting to get resident input which we are sure was an item included in that contract.
Let’s hear from you, the residents, who paid for this study on how to charge you more.
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