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Standardized prepayment amounts for council discretionary contracts
1:30:07
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Council Member Julie Won inquires about standardized prepayment amounts for council discretionary contracts. Lisa Flores explains current practices and potential improvements:
- MOCS has issued a directive encouraging agencies to provide higher advances on discretionary contracts where possible
- The current standard for human services contracts allows for higher advance amounts, varying based on whether the contract is above or below $20,000
- MOCS is having regular meetings with council staff members as a result of Intro 514
- The Speaker has mentioned potentially using grants for certain contracts
- MOCS is open to further discussions and working together on appropriate legislation for improvements
Julie Won
1:30:07
Okay.
1:30:08
That's better.
1:30:11
And lastly for council discretionary contracts, is there a standardized amount across agencies that you believe could be prepaid for providers, an advanced payment or I know that our dear friend, former council member Barron, wanted to do a grant basically for anything under $10,000,000, didn't get much traction, but is there anything like that that you foresee as possible?
Lisa Flores
1:30:37
So we definitely have some tools in our current toolbox.
1:30:41
For example, I issued a directive, recently, directing agencies where possible and appropriate to issue, higher advances on their discretionary contracts, which is consistent with the current, standard human services contract, which has a, much higher amount depending on if it's a discretionary contract above or below $20,000 So we've encouraged agency in a recent directive to maximize those higher levels of advances where appropriate.
1:31:15
And to your second question, Chair Wan, as you know, we do have regular meetings with, staff members from council as a result of I see Councilmember Stevens, has left, but as a result of Intro five fourteen.
1:31:31
And I know that the speaker, mentioned Intercity of the City address potentially doing, grants for certain contracts, and so, we definitely are looking forward to having some of those conversations and working together to see what's appropriate and where there's appropriate legislation that's needed.