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Council updates purchasing-authority limits, expands p-card use and raises emergency card limits for two directors

5843752 · September 20, 2025
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Summary

The council adopted a resolution delegating purchasing authority, allowing department heads to assign city purchase cards to staff and increasing the purchase-card limit for the police chief and public works director from $5,000 to $10,000; routine cardholder limits and internal controls will be set in administrative policy.

The Talent City Council adopted a resolution Sept. 17 delegating purchasing authority and establishing revised purchasing limits and controls for city staff. The change allows department heads to designate full‑time staff to receive city purchase cards for small, routine purchases and travel, subject to a new purchasing-card policy and supervisor approval of card…

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