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Committee backs clearer cooperative purchasing rules, forwards ordinance to county board
Summary
The Marathon County HR, Finance and Property Committee voted to forward proposed revisions to Chapter 3 of the county procurement ordinance that add guidance on cooperative purchasing, bidding thresholds and lease reporting to give staff clearer direction on using consortia and state public-works bidding rules.
The Human Resources, Finance and Property Committee voted to forward revisions to Chapter 3 of Marathon County’s procurement ordinance that clarify how staff may use cooperative purchasing consortia and how those purchases interact with existing bidding thresholds.
Committee members said the changes are intended to give purchasing agents explicit guidance when joining cooperative procurement groups and to align county practice with Wisconsin public-works law. Corporation counsel Jamie (corporation counsel) explained that the proposed edits add a paragraph to section 3.02(d) permitting purchasing agents to join “any cooperative purchasing consortium that is designed and administered for the use and benefit of public or governmental entities,” while requiring committee approval for…
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