Nogales housing board adopts procurement policy aligned with federal standards

The Housing Authorities of the City of Nogales voted to revise its procurement policy to conform with federal procurement standards at its May 7 meeting, adopting Resolution 2025-0504.

Chairman Maldonado called for a motion on "Resolution 2025-0504, a resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authorities of the City of Nogales revising the procurement policy to conform to the procurement standards identified in 2 CFR 200.317 through 200.327." The motion passed after a voice vote; no roll-call tally or mover/second were recorded in the public transcript.

Board members discussed whether the authority should follow the city’s procurement rules if those are stricter than HUD’s. Commissioner Borges noted that "HUD's procurement policy is a little more lenient than the city's policies" and that the stricter policy is often recommended. The executive director told the board that the adopted policy is HUD’s procurement policy populated with the Nogales Housing Authority’s name and that if a city policy explicitly named the Nogales Housing Authority then that city policy would be primary.

The resolution aligns the authority’s written procurement procedures with federal requirements in 2 CFR 200.317–200.327 and supersedes earlier local procurement language in previous resolutions. The board did not adopt supplemental city-level procurement language as part of the vote; members suggested staff bring back guidance if the city’s policy is found to explicitly govern the authority.

The resolution passed by voice vote and is effective immediately for authority procurement practice; staff will apply the updated policy to future procurements and report back if a city policy is found to supersede the federal-aligned policy.