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Committee approves library payments but orders staff training after procurement split raised
Summary
The Financial Management Committee approved grouped payment of library flooring and related purchases but directed finance staff to provide procurement training for library directors after staff used a county p-card to pay a purchase that exceeded bidding thresholds when aggregated.
The Sumner County Financial Management Committee voted Oct. 16 to approve grouped payments for several library purchases while directing finance to provide procurement training for library directors after staff and the committee identified a split-invoice issue that skirted the countys bidding threshold.
Finance staff and committee members reviewed a county-funded flooring project at the library that originally measured about $13,000. Library staff said the vendor offered a discounted price to bring the countys portion to just under the $10,000 threshold; the library used a county purchasing card (p-card)…
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