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Committee approves changes to procurement code to clarify cooperative purchasing; forwards ordinance language to County Board
Summary
The committee approved proposed edits to Chapter 3 of the county procurement code to clarify how staff may join and use cooperative purchasing consortia and to align public-works bidding language with Wisconsin statute 66.0901.
The Marathon County Human Resources, Finance & Property Committee voted to accept revisions to Chapter 3 of the county ordinances that clarify cooperative purchasing procedures and how those purchases integrate with existing small-purchase and public-works bidding rules.
Corporation Counsel Jamie explained the changes would explicitly allow county purchasing agents to join and use cooperative purchasing consortia designed and administered for public entities, while requiring committee approval to participate in consortia not designed for public agencies. The draft also adds language that treats the lowest available price from a single cooperative purchasing entity as one…
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