...Williams, a former firefighter, and Donnie Smith, a public safety officer, peppered James and Procurement Director Geri Sams about the city's request for ambulance services, which Sams said drew 13 vendors to a recent pre-bid conference...
...if every person covered by the plan experienced the worst-case scenario. That information led Procurement Director Geri Sams' selection committee to choose Blue Cross Blue Shield.On Friday, Jeffrey Belkin, of the Alston and Bird firm, and local...
...was not disciplined for letting someone make off with $25,000 from his office three years ago. Procurement Director Geri Sams has never been disciplined for decisions that resulted in costly legal fees, and Housing and Community Development Director...
...on the gas. The requirements later were loosened, but the contract was not rebid, a move that Procurement Director Geri Sams said she opposed.After the change, the small haulers "felt that they were kind of played, because now they don't...
...a chance to read the 44-page article but expected its conclusions ? made by opposing counsel in disputed litigation against the city ? to differ from his. Procurement Director Geri Sams did not respond to a request for a comment.
...or another." A PACKAGE DEAL OR NO DEAL: Rumor has it that City Administrator Fred Russell and Procurement Director Geri Sams will be fired at the Dec. 18 commission meeting, but don't believe it until you see it.Russell survived two firing...
...them to pay claims, with a stop-loss policy in place to cover large, unexpected claims.City Procurement Director Geri Sams stood by her committee's recommendation of BCBS and the process used to make it. She said Meritain was the only one...
...Association filed suit over the office's method of procuring overseers for major construction projects.Procurement Director Geri Sams and City Administrator Fred Russell both testified in a court hearing on the case that the best quality doesn't always...
...the inquiry."One of the questions that was continually asked was what was our budget," said Procurement Director Geri Sams, who is on the panel.The Augusta Commission voted in December to have a forensic audit performed on the parking deck...
...do so; it might be a better world than what it is now with the greed for the almighty dollar in the driver's seat. GERI SAMS IN the Procurement Department is the problem. Not Fred Rus sell. Just look at what she has cost the city in lawsuits...
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