Council authorizes annualized purchase orders; staff flags T‑Mobile and Ferguson Water Works changes
Council authorized annualized bid-waiver eligible purchase orders for FY2026, with staff noting new or changed vendors including T‑Mobile (police cell phones) and Ferguson Water Works (formerly Water Resources); director explained these are routine evergreen purchases.
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Council approved authorization of annualized bid-waiver eligible purchase orders expected to exceed $20,000 in fiscal year 2026. Director Littman explained the item covers routine open purchase orders "for things that we have to buy from certain people for the most part," such as electricity and natural gas, and cited evergreen contracts that are difficult to rebid.
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