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Deltona commission approves revised purchasing policy, lowers manager spending threshold to $50,000
Summary
After hours of debate about oversight and trust, the Deltona City Commission approved Resolution 2025-29 to update the city's purchasing policy, reducing the proposed city manager single-purchase threshold from $100,000 to $50,000 and clarifying authorized designees in the manager's absence.
The Deltona City Commission on the evening of the meeting approved Resolution 2025-29, updating the city's purchasing policy and setting the city manager's routine single-purchase approval threshold at $50,000, rather than the $100,000 originally proposed.
The change passed on a 6-0 vote after commissioners expressed concerns about oversight, trust and the potential for abuse if the threshold rose to $100,000. Commissioner Nicole Howington moved to approve the policy with the lowered threshold; Commissioner Colwell seconded. Joyce, the city clerk, recorded the unanimous vote.
Why it matters: Commissioners who opposed the $100,000 threshold said…
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