Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Procurement topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
New procurement manager outlines purchasing and P‑card policy revisions to align with state and federal rules
Summary
Tanisha Boynton, Stonecrest’s procurement manager, presented purchasing and P‑card policy revisions the city says will align local procurement with state and federal rules, standardize processes, and clarify cardholder and administrator responsibilities.
Tanisha Boynton, Stonecrest’s new procurement manager, briefed the City Council on March 10 about proposed revisions to the city’s purchasing policy and P‑card policy intended to increase compliance and standardization.
Boynton said the purchasing policy updates will align city processes with state rules and federal funding requirements (for example, GDOT or federal grant funds), standardize procurement best practices, and reduce audit issues. Revisions remove repetitive procurement language from other policies and direct departments to the primary purchasing policy and P‑card policy for procurement rules.
In the P‑card policy, Boynton said the changes clarify cardholder roles and responsibilities, designate approvers for card charges, and expand the administrator’s role to ensure processes comply with state P‑card rules. She told council the proposals were reviewed in the finance committee and that staff anticipate no substantive changes before forwarding the items to the regular council meeting for formal consideration.
Council members said they would review the finance committee discussion before the regular meeting and thanked procurement staff for the work. The city manager confirmed the items are ready to go forward to the council meeting on March 24 (referred to by staff as March 20 fourth).
