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City finance proposes higher purchasing thresholds, new approval tier and local‑vendor preference; council requests final wording
Summary
Finance staff proposed raising department purchasing limits, creating a city manager-plus-finance‑chair approval tier up to $50,000, increasing informal bid thresholds and adding a limited local‑vendor preference; council asked for the local‑vendor definition to remain city-only for now and asked for more committee review.
Jennifer Hallman, interim deputy city manager and chief financial officer, presented proposed changes to Villa Rica's purchasing ordinance aimed at updating authority limits, procurement thresholds and a local‑vendor preference.
Hallman proposed increasing department head approval limits from $2,500 to $5,000, deputy city manager to $20,000, and city manager to $35,000. She also recommended creating a new approval tier that would require the city manager plus a finance committee council member (typically the finance committee chair) to approve purchases up to…
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