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Council to consider raising city purchasing thresholds to speed routine buys
Summary
Council Bill 2025‑16 (first reading) would raise the threshold that triggers formal council authorization and increase the middle threshold that requires three written quotes, citing inflation and process delays.
The Nixa City Council on May 13 heard the first reading of Council Bill 2025‑16, a proposed amendment to Chapter 2, Article 6 of the Nixa City Code that would raise the city purchasing thresholds used to determine when staff must seek formal council authorization or obtain multiple written bids.
City Attorney Nick Whitman outlined the three current thresholds in the code:…
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