Can you believe we’ve paid one individual $178,875 to coordinate the Judge Doyle Square process and we’re going to pay him $38,000 more?
This seems like a total waste of money. Good gig if you can get it. Its more than I get paid at my full time job running a nonprofit with 6 employees and dozens of volunteers.
Why didn’t we just add a half time staff person? I thought that was supposed to be a thing, less contracting out, more staff experience.
According to the resolution -“since 2011 George E. Austin has acted as the City’s project director and staff team lead for the Judge Doyle Square Project through a series of contracts between the City and his company, AVA Civic Enterprises, Inc.”
About the only other infrmation available is also from the resolution “the current Purchase of Services Contract with AVA Civic Enterprises, Inc. expires effective April 30, 2015, and the City desires to extend the Contract for another nine (9) months at a cost not to exceed $38,000 in order to provide for the selection of a developer for the Judge Doyle Square Project and negotiations with the developer in addition to the performance of other project director functions.”
Can you think of a better way to spend $216,875?
Its funny what we have money for and what we don’t. Is this really a city priority?
