Board debates procurement policy updates, orders rewrite of purchasing rules and to add split-purchase language

Trustee Joe introduced a third item: proposed updates to the township purchasing and bidding policy (policy 4.8). Managers had provided recommended edits and trustees discussed thresholds, required quotes, and ways to preserve transparency while allowing managers to complete necessary purchases.

Nut graf: Trustees generally supported updating the purchasing policy to reflect current pricing and procurement practices but split on whether to add an additional mandatory review step before bids are issued; the board directed staff to prepare a reorganized, clearer draft (drawing on a Macomb Township example) and to add language addressing split purchases and a board-waiver provision for…