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The Daily Oklahoman from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 37

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Hursddy, Juno 23, 1977 37 THE DAILY OKLAIIOMAN City Studies Selection of Consultants MOLLY FEEDS THE Sr'A uiidtr octcmfKj by forml ma fivw) Molty'l Pckll Chldrtn'l ruKHi otolut- 1100 S. MERIDIAN ji south of i-w) A oV 7f fcrM'" Molly Munihv'K "A rfiffrrwH Irind of fun Consultants do not bid for city projects but i are selected by the city council upon the recommendation of a coin-in i 1 1 composed of Ray, the city manager or Ids representative and a representative of the city department stt- pervising Ihc project. The fens received by consultant are based upon the sire of the project. sulting firms work together on a city project. The few times this has occurred, Ray said, the staff divided the percentage of work among the companies involved.

After Tuesday feeting, Mayor tatting said she had believed the A i i 1 1 was aimed at preventing a consultant from forming separate corpora-lions In order to remain below the percentage of contracts allowed. She said the resolu ownership In each company, he would probably be below the limit, Ray said. Ray said he believes it is time to take new i look at the limits themselves, which he said arc "arbitrary and Just pulled out of the air." "'Now Is a good (lino to look at these figures and see if they should be raised or lowered," he said. Ray said if the limits are too low, they could prevent the city from getting the best consulting talent. docs not spell out that intont.

The resolution, which also sets a 10 per cent limit on the percentage of contracts received within five years, defines a consultant as "the particular firm or Individual being evaluated," including their percentage of participation in "any and all previous joint ventures, consortiums or other forms of amalgamation." Ttay said he Interpreted this definition to describe those occasions when several con tercd at 30S NE 27. Jeff Ray, director of the community develop department, which supervises the selection of consultants, said his staff lig-ures each firm's percentage of contracts separately and docs not try to compute the percentage of contracts received by each part-owner in a firm. He sulci Hint while the intent of the 1971 resolution may have been limit the profit received by each consultant, the resolution 3uy( Sell, Trade-Want Ads-235-6722 ifv the councils Intention. Spit, could not. bo reached for comment Wednesday, but his partner in Painter and Spitz Consultants, Pat Painter, said the three consulting firms work out of the same office and exchange consulting personnel necessary.

Painter, former Oklahoma City manager, said he is sure if Spitz's percentage of profit from the contracts given to the three firms were figured, Spitz would be below the 20 per cent limit. Ray said Spitz visited his office Wednesday morning with figures showing Ills percentage of ownership in each of the three firms. By Lynn Hamilton Oklahoma City officials Wednesday began studying the city's process of selecting architects and engineers to see 1 some individuals', are receiving more contracts than a city council resolution allows. Re-examlnatlon began after Mayor Patience Latting noted at Tuesday's council meeting that a city consultant has ownership In three separate corporations that have received city contracts. A' resolution passed by the council in December 1974 says no individual who has received more than 20 per -cent of the city's consultant contracts in the past year may be hired for a new project.

However, two of the three companies which are partly owned by OMamoma City consultant: If red Spitz already have received a total of Sf Sinbadaiul 8 THE INCREDIBLE SPECTACLE OF MEN AND WARI 1 fed tion may need to written in order to clar- Jack Ogle Resigns Position in TV News JJTZXXTn r-z -n- TOO FAR Wi-srs fA USLISIT mm A Tomok, who has been the 10 p.m. news anchor man, will take over Ogle's p.m. slot, conclusion that his OSU duties and station duties combined lessened i effectiveness at each job. Ogle said the two "just didn't mix." Schultz said it was N.May THEATRE P.lffI while Brad Edwards will assume the 10 p.m. news anchor position.

per cent of the city's Jack Ogle ended his lG-year career as an Oklahoma City television journalist Wednesday night with a final broadcast as anchor man of Oklahoma City's KTVr-TV p.m. news. Ogle said he will devote his attention to his broadcast production of Oklahoma State University athletics "and perhaps two or three "tough to see him go. "Jack's been a real good asset to WKY-TV and KTVY and is a good friend of mine. I wish him all kinds of success," Schultz said.

Schultz said George NOW OPEN Sinbads fl" feX JBsS. For Reservations KCljsivi WC (Mil Call 751-4343 i u. LtL MiiiwsBasasXtXi consulting fees during the past year, city fig. ures show. On Mayor Uilting's urging Tuesday, the council delayed approval: of the granting of a new project to P.S.A.

of which Spitz is part wnerl other companies of. which Spitz has ownership, Fred Spitz and Associates and Painter anil Spitz Consultants, axe each received abqut 19 per cent of the other opportunities. Ogle began his broad- Hr ipgssg'v 1 timgBm casting career with WKY-TV and WKY Ra dio and stayed with the television station when it became KTVY-TV. He served a stint as news director. cilys consultant had a great asso ciation out there.

You can work out there for so long and Ihen say, dmihg the past year, citjt-staff records show. two companies, which have each received about 51 million in this year, are ni glad I leaving. But somewhere you've got to decide on a dif- just below the 20 route," Ogle said. Ernie Schullz, infor per cent limit, but when their percentages arc combined, they far exceed it. Each received the fees from single large mation director at KTVY-TV, said Ogle will be missed, but that both men reached the s-A-asansr rzr- STARTS TONIGHT! The Ellefvosccnt Singer Dancer PI A ZADORA Slratghl From Hr SenliDnal Succl At Tht nivtrn Holtl Premier Nights Spccia -Si i starring ROY SCHEIDER Ori-l.

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