Article: MAPS watchdogs attack inspections

A contentious citizens watchdog committee voicing serious concerns over the city's MAPS inspection process forced last minute concessions Wednesday from the architect for the Bricktown Ballpark before finally approving a $398,000 increase in the architect's contract.

MAPS Citizens Oversight Board members have been complaining for weeks that the city is spending money needlessly on a project inspection process that construction industry leaders have called a joke.

Those same board members also have complained that the ballpark's inspection deal with Oklahoma City-based Architectural Design Group differed "significantly" from other MAPS inspection contracts. Those complaints and threats to ...

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