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Lebanon council updates purchasing thresholds to mirror Oregon law, raising informal procurement limits
Summary
The council approved an ordinance to remove fixed dollar amounts from the city code and reference Oregon purchasing thresholds, moving small procurement limits to $25,000 and intermediate procurements to $250,000 as set under state law, which staff said will speed purchasing and preserve managerial oversight.
The Lebanon City Council on Oct. 8 approved Ordinance 3040 to tie the city's purchasing thresholds to the state of Oregon's updated procurement limits, increasing the small procurement threshold to $25,000 and the intermediate threshold to $250,000, consistent with ORS citations presented to the council.
Finance staff explained the change removes specific dollar figures from Lebanon Municipal Code chapter 3.04 and instead references ORS 279B provisions so future state…
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