County introduces ordinance to update purchasing procedures and add purchasing agents

Jun 23, 2026

Ordinance 20-26-12 was introduced to make technical corrections to purchasing procedures, removing references to obsolete positions and adding multiple current county roles as authorized purchasing agents (mapping director, EMA, central communications director, veteran service officer, health administrator, chief public defender).

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Staff introduced Ordinance 20-26-12 to amend the county purchasing procedures to reflect current staffing and to remove references that are no longer accurate, such as to an earlier highway engineer role. The changes add several positions the county believes should have purchasing authority, including the mapping director, EMA, central communications director, veteran service officer, health administrator and the chief public defender.

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