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Committee advances redline changes to vendor‑gift rules; moves employee limits to general manager
Summary
The Budget and Finance Committee reviewed redline changes to procurement policy FI10 that shift employee gift rules into the general manager’s operational policy, add committee‑member prohibitions on accepting vendor gifts, and cross‑reference the governing board conflict policy L02.
Committee member Chris (presenting a redline) proposed changes to FI10 during the Feb. 4 meeting that would remove employee gift rules from FI10 and require the general manager to adopt a vendor‑gift policy in the employee handbook.
Under Chris’s suggested text, "the general manager is required to create and communicate a gift from vendors policy to establish guidelines for employees regarding when and what type of gifts they can accept from vendors. To avoid actual or perceived conflict, the policy should prohibit cash or gift cards of any value and specify a dollar limit for the value of acceptable gifts."
Committee discussion and…
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