Brewer asks when a text about a contract counts as a decision or policy
Brewer asks at what point something relates to the decisions, actions, or policies of a city agency, giving the example of a text stating an agency is agreeing to a contract; Smith-Cruz says to imagine what takes place in relation to a transitory message and emphasizes equipping city employees with tools to make distinctions.
Another question, and this is probably the end at this point.
What point is something considered to be related to the, quote, decisions, actions, or policies of a city agency?
Is a text...
Stating that an agency is agreeing to a contract, that seems to me kind of important, count as a decision or anything else.
We're lost in this morass, to be honest with you, of what is substantive, what is not, it's very fuzzy.
Thank you for that question and that example.
I would say that the way to approach that question is to imagine what takes place in relation to a transitory message, which one would imagine is substance of business.
And so that's it.
There are transitory messages and platforms that are transitory, and then there are substantive business and other platforms.
And we have to...
Sort of, I was going to say, Public Advocate Williams talked about trust in his testimony, that I think trust is part of what this is about, and I would love us to consider the work of the city employee
and ensure that they are being equipped with the tools that they need to make those distinctions and to move city business to city business platforms.