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RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE RESTRICTION OF PRIVATE
SECTOR COMPETITION FOR DESIGN AND ENGINEERING
PROJECTS.
WHEREAS, State, regional and local governments are currently allowed the
flexibility to contract with private firms, on a competitive basis, to design public projects;
and
WHEREAS, this current process allows government the essential flexibility
to use private firms to deliver a project on time and cost effectively; and
WHEREAS, The Professional Engineers in California Government (PECG)
Initiative, titled the "Government Cost Savings and Taxpayer Protection Amendment," is
scheduled for the June 1998 ballot; and
WHEREAS, the "Government Cost Savings and Taxpayers Protection
Amendment" completely changes the process by giving the state controller authority over
design professionals used on City projects; and
WHEREAS, this will thereby force cities, counties, schools, special districts,
regional governments and even many private businesses to use the state engineer to
design roads, parks, hospitals, health clinics, schools, water treatment facilities, flood
control walls and other critical structures - including all engineering, design, geological and
environmental work; and
WHEREAS, the proposed initiative excludes local control and forces
communities to rely on the state bureaucracy for their design work; and
WHEREAS, local governments would not be able to hold the state
bureaucracy accountable, and
WHEREAS, the initiative gives one state politician enormous power to decide
who gets tens of thousands of design and building projects worth billions of dollars; and
WHEREAS, to meet potential workload demands, additional state employees
would need to be employed and paid, even if no projects were underway; and
WHEREAS, taxpayers would pick up the tab for billions in extra costs for
projects, lost jobs and more state employees to evaluate projects; and
WHEREAS, this could mean more delays on important projects.
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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of
Bakersfield opposes the "Government Cost Savings and Taxpayers Protection
Amendment."
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted
by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on
iFI[B 2 5 1.q¢18 , by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBER DeMOND. CN:ISON, SMITH, McDERMOTT, ROWLES, SULLIVAN, SALVAGGtO
NOES: COUNCILMEMBER
ABSTNN: cOUNCILMEMBER
ASBENT: COUNCILMEMBER
APPROVED ~,j) ~ $ ~
BO 'i~Rl~(~""
MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield
CITY CLERK AND EX OFFICIO CLERK of
the Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED as to form:
SKOUS, E.
C(/~'Y ATTOF~JklEY of the City of Bakersfield
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