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Committee approves library payment after procurement split; requires staff training on bidding rules
Summary
The Financial Management Committee approved payment for a library flooring purchase but raised concerns that the purchase had been split and charged to a p-card to avoid the county's bidding rules; the committee directed finance to provide training to library directors within 90 days.
Sumner County's Financial Management Committee on Oct. 16 approved a grouped payment for a library flooring purchase after members found the county's purchasing rules had likely been circumvented by splitting charges and using a p-card.
Committee members reviewed an invoice and email chain showing a carpet project for a county library that originally totaled $10,617.02. According to staff, the vendor offered to lower the price to $10,004 so the work could proceed without a formal bid process; the county would have covered the $401 difference. Committee members said the vendor's…
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