There is an important ethics ballot question November 8th in Philadelphia.
Shall the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to require Council approval of certain City leases, contracts and concessions, to empower Council to address public confidence in the integrity of the City's contracting process by requiring certain disclosures and by providing whether persons who have made certain campaign contributions are ineligible for such contracts and for City financial assistance, and to empower Council to regulate the process by which non-competitively bid (no-bid) contracts are awarded?
What does this mean?
It means we need to vote YES.
Non-competitive bid contracts (no-bid contracts) are contracts for the purchase of goods or services to which the City or a City Agency is not required to issue a contract based solely on the lowest bid.
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