As an example, the following is an alphabetical listing of vendors hired by the city for contractual services/outside labor for the month of February 2007. Some of the contracts/agreements with these vendors appeared as resolutions on city council public agendas (labeled *); most of the contractual services/outside labor items did not appear on public agendas.
VENDOR NAME--------------AMOUNT------------ACCOUNT NAME
ADVANCED WASTE SOLUTIONS $39.95 DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION SVC
AILING HOUSE PEST CONTROL CONTRACTUAL SERVICES $323.00
* ANDA-BURGHARDT ADVRTISING MARKETING EXPENSES $22,420.44
ANDON LAUNDRY SERVICE $96.65 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
ARNOLD HEATING & SHEETMET $2,600.00 OUTSIDE LABOR
ASSURED LANDSCAPE $6,018.50 OUTSIDE LABOR
BEST DOORS INC. $162.00 OUTSIDE LABOR
BROADWAY LOCKSMITH $258.57 OUTSIDE LABOR
CARMEL CHEVRON $60.00 EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE
* CARMEL FIRE PROTCTN ASSOC PLAN CHECK (CONTRACT FIRE EXP) $1,625.00
CIRCA: HISTORIC PROPTY DEV $557.50
CITY OF MONTEREY VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SERVICES $1,916.49
CITY OF SEASIDE $853.51 STORM DRAIN CLEANING
COASTLINE BUSINESS FORMS $189.91 PRINTING
CODE PUBLISHING COMPANY $137.00 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
COPIES BY-THE-SEA PRINTING $497.33
COPY KING $273.49 PRINTING
CORBIN WILLITS SYSTEM $546.66 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
* CRAVEN LANDSCAPING INC. $45,860.65 HML GARDEN CLUB LANDSCAPE PROJECT
DAVE'S REPAIR SERVICE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES $332.33
* DEWEY D. EVANS $200.00 CITY TREASURER SERVICES
* E.OSTERKAMP APPRAISALS $5,000.00 INVENTORY/APPRAISALS OF ART COLLECTION
ERIC MILLER ARCHITECTS $1,763.75 VOLUME STUDIES
FEDEX $26.60 EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE
GIANNA ROCHA $500.00 PART-TIME ASSISTANCE
GRANITE ROCK COMPANY $137.07 FOREST HILL PARK IMPROVEMENTS
* HALL LANDSCAPE DESIGN $144.00 PROFESSIONAL SVCS FOR 4TH AVE RIPARIAN PROJ
HAYWARD LUMBER $133.21 LIGHT FIXTURE REPAIR
HINDERLITER, DE LLAMAS SALES TAX COLLECTIONS SERVICES $2,145.79
IKON OFFICE SOLUTIONS CONTRACTUAL SERVICES $386.73
IVERSON TREE SERVICE $1,100.00 OUTSIDE LABOR
* JAN ROEHL $1,312.50 GRANT WRITING SERVICES
JOHN LEY'S TREE SERVICE OUTSIDE LABOR $4,780.00
J. W. MARSHALL $42.50 COMPUTER CONSULTANT SERVICES
KENT L. SEAVEY $250.00 HISTORIC STUDIES
LARRY MENKE INC $744.12 EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE
MARINA BACKFLOW COMPANY $326.95 OUTSIDE LABOR
MISSION UNIFORM SERVICE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES & CLOTHING EXPENSE $1,034.42
MONTEREY COUNTY BUSINESS $244.80 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
MONTEREY COUNTY HERALD ADVERTISING $3,597.13
MONTEREY COUNTY OFFICE ED $7,290.00 PEG ACCESS CONTRACT OCT - DEC 2006
MONTEREY POLICE DEPT $1,793.09 BOOKING FEES OCT - DEC 2006
MORRILL & FORBES $220.00 CHIMNEY CLEANING
NEILL ENGINEERS CORP. UPDATE CITY MAPS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES $4,150.00
NEW IMAGE LANDSCAPE CO. $2,937.50 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
NICHOLS PLUMBING/HEATING $1,599.04 OUTSIDE LABOR
PENINSUL HYDRONICS INC. $184.66 OUTSIDE LABOR
* PENINSULA MESSENGER SERV $4,140.00 MAIL SERVICE CONTRACT
PROPERTY SERV/MAINTENANCE $625.00 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
RANCHO CAR WASH $19.46 OUTSIDE LABOR
REDSHIFT $99.95 EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE
RICHARD PETTY ELECTRIC $147.00 OUTSIDE LABOR
ROBERT LITTELL ARCHITECT $765.00 VOLUME STUDIES
ROTO-ROOTER $125.00 OUTSIDE LABOR
RYAN RANCH PRINTERS $727.16 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
SAN JOSE CONSTRUCTION INC $5,300.00 DRIVEWAY REPAIRS - OCEAN & 6TH
SENTRY ALARM SYSTEMS $125.00 OUTSIDE LABOR
SPENCERS TREE SERVICE $1,500.00 OUTSIDE LABOR
STOWE CONTRACTING INC. $1,116.10 SIDEWALK REPAIR
THE CARMEL PINE CONE ADVERTISING $449.83
THERAN MILLS $80.00 OUTSIDE LABOR
VALLEY LANDSCAPING & PAVING $8,000.00 SIDEWALK REPAIR
VAPOR CLEANERS INC OUTSIDE LABOR $18.45
VASILOVICH $85.00 VOLUME STUDIES
* W PAUL WOOD $3,258.50 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
WASSON'S CLEANING SVCS. $1,000.23 POLICE DEPT CLEANING SERVICES
WELLS FARGO (CREDIT CARD) $75.00 EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE
WEST COAST ARBORISTS INC $15,120.00 TREE GRID PRUNING
WESTER VW-DODGE $212.24 EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE
WILLIAM B. CONNERS $12,040.00 LEGAL SERVICES-FLANDERS LAWSUIT
* Contractual Services/Outside Labor which appeared on city council public agendas as resolutions
TOTAL: $ 181,841.76 (40% of total check amounts)
223 Checks Total: $449,219.83
FY 2006/07 GENERAL FUND TOTAL: $ 11,649,860
Salaries/Benefits: $ 7,074,381
Materials/Supplies: $ 4,575,479
(Source: Carmel-by-the-Sea
February 2007 Check Register, March 13, 2007 Meeting Agenda Packet,
http://www.ci.carmel.ca.us/)
1 comment:
Disadvantages of consultants and outside contractors:
1. No city institutional memory.
2. No allegiance to city and business owners and residents. It is one thing to be reponsible for fulfilling a contractual task, it is quite another to have a feeling of loyalty and community responsibility.
Overall, the problem with incessant cost preoccupation is a city without loyal and dedicated employees. The city obviously can well afford a public works director, a city forester,a bona fide cultural director.
Then again, if the council chose to staff these positions, and charged them with advocating for their departments, then the residents wouldn't be in the position of having to advocate for themselves what their city government should be doing on their behalf. The full staffing of the library, forest regeneration and planting, money for maintenance of intrastructure and city assets, etc.
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