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La Center council repeals procurement code and adopts procurement manual following audit recommendation
Summary
The council repealed municipal-code procurement language (Ordinance 2024-13) and adopted a new procurement and contracting manual by resolution (Resolution 2024-480). The city said the change follows an audit recommendation to move procedural detail out of code and into a staff-manageable manual.
La Center on Oct. 23 repealed its municipal-code procurement and contracting provisions and adopted a new procurement manual to govern purchasing, bidding and contract procedures.
Public works director Tracy Coleman told the council the change implements a state audit recommendation that policy and procedural detail not be embedded in municipal code. Coleman said staff compiled…
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