Commission Authorizations
(July (Why July and not January?) 2018 through December 2020 – Representing Typical Work)

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Authorization of Design (47 items) 71
Authorization of Construction (67 items) 83
Authorization of Scope Changes to Project (8 items) etc. where numbers are different
Authorization of Project Budget/Cost Increase (42 items)
Authorization of Increase in Construction Costs (Const. Change Orders) (4 items)
Authorization of Service Agreement (Consulting Contracts) for Public Works and Non Public
Works Projects (34 items)
Authorization of Service Agreements NOT related to projects (Consulting Services for NonProjects) (40 items)
Authorization of Service Amendments (Pertaining to Consulting Services) (19 items)
Authorization of Purchases for Projects and Non-Projects (47 items)
Authorization of Purchasing Amendments for Projects and Non Projects (17 items)
Authorization of Real Estate and Leasing Transactions (16 items)
Authorization of Concession Agreements (1 item)
Authorization of Interlocal Agreements (15 items)
Authorization of Port Crews (31 items)
Policy Development (59 items)
Information Related to Approval or Amendment of Employee and Labor Agreements (19 items)
Information Related to Construction Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) (8 items)
Construction Project Briefings (8 items)
Information Related to Inclusion Plans and WMBE (2 items)
Other and Briefings (155 items) – Accounting for actions such adoption of State Legislative
Agendas; Approval of Meeting Minutes; Approval of Monthly Claims and Obligations; Rate
Settings; Grant Acceptance; Other Inter-agency agreements; presentations from outside groups;
Bond Resolutions; Appointment of Commissioner Officers; Budget, etc.)

* There are approximately 332 monetary items contained in the sampling of data reviewed above.
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Of these 332 monetary items – 177 Items were $2.5M and
$7.5M and $10M. Those 47 items
represented majority of the spend at $3,700,000.