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Administration seeks higher purchasing thresholds and asks board to approve K‑8 project change orders
Summary
District leaders proposed raising local purchasing thresholds to align with state rules, discussed monthly transparency reporting, and flagged three K‑8 project change orders — including a $59,000 live water main tap — that will require board approval if thresholds remain unchanged.
Pender County Schools staff asked the board to consider raising the district’s local purchasing and construction bidding thresholds to align with state purchasing requirements and to improve project timeliness, while also presenting a log of change orders for the new K‑8 project.
Operations and finance staff said raising thresholds — administrators suggested aligning equipment and materials purchasing thresholds with the state (presented as $90,000 for board approval threshold in discussion) — would allow the district to act more quickly in a market where contractor pricing…
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