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Council advances first reading to raise city-manager purchase limit to $125,000 with quarterly reporting requirement
Summary
After public criticism and debate, the council authorized a first reading to amend Corona’s purchasing code to set the city-manager authorization limit at $125,000 for multiple purchase categories and required quarterly public reporting of manager or designee expenditures.
The Corona City Council held an extended debate over proposed changes to the city's purchasing ordinance and authorized a first reading of an amendment that would set the city-manager authorization limit at $125,000 for public projects, goods/materials and services, and non-public services, with a requirement that any use of that authority be reported publicly at least quarterly.
The purchase-limit proposal prompted several public speakers who urged the council to reject higher administrative spending thresholds and called for tighter…
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