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The Special Finance & Management Committee met on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, at 9:04 a.m. to consider eight agenda items covering contract authority reports, citywide staffing, a new HRIS contract, procurement consulting services, general obligation bond issuance, and executive recruitment agreements. The committee forwarded several items to the full City Council with recommendations and received informational reports.
Good morning and welcome to the Finance and Management Committee meeting of Tuesday, October twenty-seventh, two thousand twenty-six. The time is now nine oh four AM. And this meeting may come to order. Before taking roll, I will provide instructions on how to submit speaker cards for items on this agenda. If you're here with us in chamber and would like to submit a speaker card, please pull it out and turn one into myself or click representative no later than ten minutes after the start of this meeting, or before the item is read into record. If you're registering to speak via Zoom, that is now due 24 hours prior to the start of this meeting time. This meeting came to order at 9.04 a.m. and speaker cards will no longer be accepted after 9 14 a.m. We'll now proceed with taking roll. Council members Brown, excuse Unger. Here Wong. Here. And Chair Ram Chandran. Present and Councilmember Brown is present. Thank you. Noting that we have four members present. And Chair, before we begin, do you have any announcements at this time? No, just gratitude for coming in early, everyone, since we have a big agenda. Thank you. Okay, starting off with item one, noting that this is a special meeting, so there are no minutes to be approved. And reading in item two, determination of scheduled about standing committee items, and we have two speakers on this item. Okay, uh, we can hear the public speakers. Calling in the names that signed up to speak on item two, Mrs. Sado Olabala and Blair Beekman. Noting that Mrs. Sada is waving her time. Mr. Reekman, do you still wish okay? Chair, that concludes all speakers on item two. All right, is there a motion? So moved. I'll second it. Oh, Councilmember Wong's second. Thank you. That was a motion made by Councilmember Unger, seconded by Councilmember Wong to accept the determination of scheduled outstanding committee items as is. On roll council members Brown. Aye. Unger. I wong. Aye. And Chair Ramachandranjan. Aye. Thank you. Item two passes with four eyes to accept the determination of scheduled outstanding committee items as is. Reading in item three, receive an informational report on all purchases and contracts authorized by the city administrator within the city administrator's contract authority during fiscal years 2023 to 24, 2024 to 25, 2025 to 26, in accordance with the Oakland Municipal Code Section 2.04.020, and there are two speakers that signed up to speak on this item. All right, we will hear from staff.