There have been approximately a dozen public relations contracts that have been awarded by the City and County of Honolulu with regards to the Honolulu Rail Project. Recently, several members of the City Council Budget Committee have requested that the city auditor be called in to review these contracts. The concerns is if there is justification for spending approximately $2 million a year on public relations and public involvement.
Executive Director for the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation, Daniel Grabauskas, stated that he is personally reviewing the contracts but needs more time before he can make decisions on what costs are necessary. Grabauskas, who has only been working for HART for 10 weeks, stated, “What I aim to do is just understand what those activities are, why they were contracted for, and what exactly it means. If they are too high and not necessary to effectuate this project, then they’ll be cut. These are all things that happened prior to my arrival here, these are contracts that were executed quite some time ago, and I’m trying to understand what all of the staff at the project is doing, and figure out what we can try to do to streamline.”
Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser, 6-26-2012, www.staradvertiser.com
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Posted by Jeff Uyemura-Reyes, Broker-in-Charge, Realtor®
Global Executive Realty, LLC
www.myhawaiihomesearch.com
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