Seward County adopts $1,000 threshold for sheriff's forfeiture purchase orders

Dec 9, 2025

The county approved a Purchase Order Policy for Sheriff's Office forfeiture funds, lowering the approval threshold from $3,000 to $1,000 and adding PO numbering and approval/deny/pending fields to the form.

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The Seward County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 9 approved a Purchase Order Policy for the Sheriff's Office forfeiture fund after reviewing a draft modeled on Lancaster County's policy. Sheriff Vance presented the policy and a draft purchase-order form; the board approved minor edits including changing the minimum approval amount from $3,000 to $1,000 and adding a PO number, boxes for "Approve/Deny/Pending" and a comment line.

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