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Committee discusses raising de minimis vendor-gift limit from $25; staff to redline policy and coordinate handbook alignment
Summary
Committee members reviewed procurement policy language limiting employee acceptance of vendor gratuities to $25 and discussed raising the de minimis threshold (a suggested $50) and separating governing-board guidance from employee rules. Staff and committee asked the policy author to prepare a redlined revision for the next meeting.
Committee member Chris Waller presented proposed edits to procurement policy language that caps acceptable vendor gratuities at $25. Waller said that $25 is outpaced by inflation and that common, innocuous items—cookies, a pizza for staff, a boxed candy—can exceed $25 and place staff at risk under the current language.
Why it matters: the de minimis threshold sets a behavioral boundary for staff and directors and intersects with the employee handbook and a separate governing-board policy…
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