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Supervisors approve updated purchasing policy and raise purchasing-agent contract authority to $75,000
Summary
The Board voted to update its Purchasing, Leasing and Contracting Policy and to raise the purchasing agent’s signatory authority from $50,000 to $75,000 (conservative adjustment below CPI-updated threshold). The board also approved accompanying policy clarifications on competitive procurement thresholds and administrative efficiencies.
On Oct. 7 the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors approved an amended county purchasing ordinance and an updated Purchasing, Leasing and Contracting Policy (Policy 1) that raises the purchasing agent’s contract signatory authority from $50,000 to $75,000 and modernizes procurement procedures.
County staff explained the $50,000 government-code threshold dates to 2003; applying the Consumer Price…
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