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Council sets city manager purchase threshold at $75,000 after debate on oversight
5949530 · October 15, 2025
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Summary
After debate about oversight and inflation adjustments, the council voted 4–3 to set the city manager purchasing approval threshold at $75,000, instead of the $100,000 allowed under recently passed state law.
Lubbock City Council voted 4–3 Oct. 14 to amend the municipal purchasing policy and set the threshold at $75,000 for purchases the city manager or designee can approve without formal council review.
City Manager Atkinson told the council Senate Bill 1173 — sponsored in the transcript by a referenced senator — allows local entities to raise the…
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