Northern Light
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While I agree that hiring outsiders (consultants) to do regular ongoing jobs is not the way to go, it is (at least in part) the result of the uproar there always is when the City's own staff numbers increase. Hiring a consultant to do something that needs to be done often and 'for ever' is clearly stupid; hiring a consultant to carry out a specialised task that only happens occasionally is not.
I agree w/the sentiment DSC........
But I've witnessed too many consultants hired to do work that doesn't need to be done; to generate reports that answer questions City staff already know the answer to; and which are also used as a way to kick real spending and/or controversial decisions down the road.
In the context of this particular item, I confess to finding it difficult to understand why one would require a consultant when Bikeshare has picked its own locations since its inception, and when the mandate is now City-wide coverage.
Psst, Bikeshare also picked its own list of spots this year before the consultant contract even went out.......
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