Full Podcast: https://lovethenorth.ca/article/260911-sudbury-election-miranda-rocca-circelli-mayor Sudbury Mayoral Candidate Miranda Rocca-Circelli says the City should ask a basic question before hiring another expensive outside consultant: **Why don’t we have more qualified people inside City Hall who can do this work themselves?** Rocca-Circelli says consultants do have a role when specialized expertise is needed. Her concern is how often they are used, who is selecting them, and whether the people managing those contracts have enough knowledge to ask the right questions. She points to City studies and reviews where she believes the process did not dig deeply enough into what went wrong. Her argument is that even an expensive consultant can only provide useful answers if the City clearly understands what needs to be investigated. When municipalities repeatedly hire outside firms for research, planning, feasibility studies and technical reports, those costs ultimately become part of the taxpayer’s bill. Rocca-Circelli argues Greater Sudbury should build more **qualified expertise inside the organization** and make better use of professionals who already understand Northern Ontario. She questions why outside consultants should be brought in to make recommendations about local services when Sudbury may already have people who understand the geography, communities and realities of the city. **Consultants should fill an expertise gap — not replace the need for qualified people inside City Hall.** Stronger internal expertise, she argues, could mean better decisions, less dependence on costly outside reports and better value for taxpayers. #Sudbury #MirandaRoccaCircelli #CityHall #Consultants #TaxpayerDollars #Accountability #GreaterSudbury #NorthernOntario #LoveTheNorth