CITY OF SAN ANTONIO
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
INTERDEPARTMENTAL CORRESPONDENCE
TO: Erik Walsh, City Manager
FROM: Troy Elliott, CPA, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Finance Department
COPY: Audit and Accountability Committee; Ben Gorzell, Jr., CPA, Chief Financial Officer; Kevin Barthold, City Auditor
SUBJECT: FY 2021 Biannual High Profile Report - 2nd Six Months
DATE: March 16, 2021
The Finance Department will present the Biannual High Profile Forecasting Report for the second six months of Fiscal Year 2021. This report details discretionary contracting initiatives that are considered high profile and anticipated to be released during the second half of Fiscal Year 2021 (April 2021 - September 2021). As a reminder, discretionary contracting initiatives are identified as "High Profile" if they meet at least one of the following conditions:
* Estimated value over $1 million;
* High level of community interest or other exceptional interest; or
* Highly complex or technical in nature, or contract terms & conditions that are non-standard or complex.
Projects are identified as either consent, individual or select. Consent projects are projects classified as routine in nature with minimal policy impacts. For consent projects, a summary memorandum detailing pre- and post-solicitation information will be provided to the Audit and Accountability Committee. Those projects with more significant dollar values, policy issues and/or community interest will be listed as an individual item. Individual programs require both a pre- and post-solicitation briefing to the Committee. Select projects will be briefed at B-Session. Select projects are determined based on the following criteria:
* significant financial impacts (value over $25 million);
* significant contract terms (over 10 years);
* significant policy/public safety implications;
* significant community/stakeholder impact or interest;
* and/or professional judgement.
Committee members may request projects ide...
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