Told the State two 2026 contracts came from an RFP

The FY2026 report certifies 42,465.08 spent on the 2026 Essex Health and Wellness Recovery contract and 36,447.37 on the 2026 Montclair Ambulance Unit contract. For the Essex Health contract it says "We issued an RFP with the services we wanted to provide for residents and this was one of two organizations that were approved" (p10). For the ambulance contract it says "We submitted an RFP outlining the services we wanted to provide to residents. This was one of the two successful candidates" (p13). The Council's resolutions of 03/24/2026 say otherwise. Resolution R-26-110 awards the Essex Health contract "as a non-fair and open contract" on the vendor's proposal. Resolution R-26-116 awards the ambulance contract after a request for proposals that drew one proposal, from the Montclair Ambulance Unit. Neither contract had a second candidate.