My question involves business law in the state of: Colorado
My city's parks and recreation department decided to privatize it's a dance program. There are over 70 classes that serve literally thousands of students.
They had two city employees within the city parks and recreation department that's were running the program. They were city employees when the city decided to privatize dance. I submitted a Colorado Open records Act request. The documents the city have back to me show that City policy prohibits giving a private contract to current employees.
Cityside at this policy but still developed the private contract with the goal to give it to those two same employees, while they were also developing their private business. Parks and Recreation administration argued that The city employees would be the best to run it, and they would not have to spend the time getting a Nother company up to speed.
The city manager approved it. I still can't figure out why.
They never submitted a request for for proposals, they never sought for any bets from any other companies.
They never had any public hearings or public notice or time for public comment.
The city employees developed their private business at the same time that the contract was developed with their involvement and developing the contract and the many drafts of it.
The contract between the city and the private dance company has been in place for two months and the entire program has disintegrated. The former city staff is now retaliating against students if they speak up and express any concerns to the city. There are some civil rights issues now getting involved.
Myself and other baffled students are looking into how this company even got this contract and found all of this info out regarding the conflicts of interest with the contract between the city and the dance company.
Can anyone give me any suggestions or ideas as to how in the world this can be legal?
The city has offered to arrange an independent mediator to meet between the students the city and the private dance company. Where not sure if the city is going to go through with this or not, but we have agreed to do this. However, there are more and more problems surfacing that is indicating we may rather just seek to have this privatization contract ended. The dance company is acting so immorally - they are threatening students for speaking up. But we will try mediation. Any suggestions? We have no funds to hire an attorney right now, just need some ideas.
- just a ballet dancer
My city's parks and recreation department decided to privatize it's a dance program. There are over 70 classes that serve literally thousands of students.
They had two city employees within the city parks and recreation department that's were running the program. They were city employees when the city decided to privatize dance. I submitted a Colorado Open records Act request. The documents the city have back to me show that City policy prohibits giving a private contract to current employees.
Cityside at this policy but still developed the private contract with the goal to give it to those two same employees, while they were also developing their private business. Parks and Recreation administration argued that The city employees would be the best to run it, and they would not have to spend the time getting a Nother company up to speed.
The city manager approved it. I still can't figure out why.
They never submitted a request for for proposals, they never sought for any bets from any other companies.
They never had any public hearings or public notice or time for public comment.
The city employees developed their private business at the same time that the contract was developed with their involvement and developing the contract and the many drafts of it.
The contract between the city and the private dance company has been in place for two months and the entire program has disintegrated. The former city staff is now retaliating against students if they speak up and express any concerns to the city. There are some civil rights issues now getting involved.
Myself and other baffled students are looking into how this company even got this contract and found all of this info out regarding the conflicts of interest with the contract between the city and the dance company.
Can anyone give me any suggestions or ideas as to how in the world this can be legal?
The city has offered to arrange an independent mediator to meet between the students the city and the private dance company. Where not sure if the city is going to go through with this or not, but we have agreed to do this. However, there are more and more problems surfacing that is indicating we may rather just seek to have this privatization contract ended. The dance company is acting so immorally - they are threatening students for speaking up. But we will try mediation. Any suggestions? We have no funds to hire an attorney right now, just need some ideas.
- just a ballet dancer
Contract Law: Government Entity Created and Gave Private Contract To It's Own Employees
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