Question is for the City Attorney perhaps can we by motion at this board today approve an extension of the existing contract for 90 days and direct the mta to report back to us on these issues . Is it possible to have our cake and eat it too . Supervisor christensen through the president i dont believe you could make that motion today. I dont think that is before you. As far as i know the mta is not in the position to make the proposal with cypress or any other provider. Madam president so we have approved an extension of the existing contract in the past in order for the negotiations to continue. Is that correct . That is correct, but we did go through the mta board and the budget and finance committee and then approved it here. So if we continue this item today until next week the department can excuse me back to us the. The department can come back with amendments and about a schedule for altering the contract if thats the determination but were presuming at least a 60 day process i
Were in those meetings just to do an oversight, make sure things are addressed properly during the negotiations. We will also look at the background if any and ask those individuals to provide their non disclosure agreements and whether they have any relationships. Which department are you with . I am with the mtas financial and Information Technologies and procurement. Is there a policy in place and make sure once you transition on and the executive director transitions on and there is transparency in the negotiations . We will do so after we go through this process here. We will have something as a policy. As of now no . Thats correct. Its being drafted . Yes. Okay. Out of the 38 Million Contract can you tell me how much is going towards the unarmed Security Services . Yes. The unarmed Security Services is approximately 950,000 hours and over the course of six years its 31 million and the armed is about 180,000 hours and the cost is about 7 million over the course of six years. Throu
Changes that have happened within the mta to ensure there is clear transparency when negotiating contracts so we dont have the same ethical violations . Supervisors, so Going Forward my office will be involved in all of the negotiation along with the project managers. Like i said they do need to be involved because theyre subject Matter Experts but we will make sure were in those meetings just to do an oversight, make sure things are addressed properly during the negotiations. We will also look at the background if any and ask those individuals to provide their non disclosure agreements and whether they have any relationships. Which department are you with . I am with the mtas financial and Information Technologies and procurement. Is there a policy in place and make sure once you transition on and the executive director transitions on and there is transparency in the negotiations . We will do so after we go through this process here. We will have something as a policy. As of now no .
Which department are you with . I am with the mtas financial and Information Technologies and procurement. Is there a policy in place and make sure once you transition on and the executive director transitions on and there is transparency in the negotiations . We will do so after we go through this process here. We will have something as a policy. As of now no . Thats correct. Its being drafted . Yes. Okay. Out of the 38 Million Contract can you tell me how much is going towards the unarmed Security Services . Yes. The unarmed Security Services is approximately 950,000 hours and over the course of six years its 31 million and the armed is about 180,000 hours and the cost is about 7 million over the course of six years. Through the chair to the City Attorney is there a way to break up this contract and be able to move forward the portion of where there is unArmed Security . Services . To supervisor cohen through the chair no the board cant break up the contract in terms of approval toda
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