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Council debates raising city manager contracting thresholds; decision deferred to GBA
Summary
Council discussed a proposed rewrite of manager contracting thresholds that would raise dollar limits for goods, repairs, utilities and services. Councilmembers split on transparency and speed trade-offs and asked for further study; item will return to the General Business Agenda for a formal vote.
Durham City Council spent an extended portion of its Sept. 18 work session debating a proposed rewrite of the city manager contract-approval thresholds that would raise the dollar amounts at which council must review and approve contracts.
Staff said the thresholds have not been updated since 2009 and that benchmarking against peer cities suggested increases across categories. City finance staff said the review included internal-control analysis and peer comparisons. Under the…
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