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Greenlee County board approves sheriff’s office uniform vendor RFP, moves from stipend to vendor allowance model
Summary
The Board approved an RFP to change uniform purchasing for sheriff’s office uniformed staff from a $100 monthly stipend to a vendor‑based allowance (presented as $1,200 annually) to centralize purchases, increase standardization and potentially reduce tax and sales‑tax cost to deputies.
The Greenlee County Board of Supervisors voted to approve a request for proposals to centralize uniform purchasing for the county sheriff’s office.
Tyler Attaway, jail commander for the Greenlee County Sheriff’s Office, told the board the current system provides officers a $100 stipend in paychecks to buy uniforms and equipment. The RFP, if a contract is awarded, would move uniform purchasing to a single vendor and would establish a vendor account model so each uniformed employee would have an annual $1,200 allowance at that vendor, Attaway said.
Attaway told the board the change was requested by uniformed staff and intended to increase buying power and standardize equipment: purchases through a single vendor could avoid multiple sales‑tax events and remove income tax on the allowance if structured as vendor billing rather than a taxable stipend. “That $100 has to go to buy all of our uniforms…we think we can make stretch a little bit more,” Attaway said.
Board members asked about internal controls, the vendor’s Arizona storefront requirement, whether allowances would roll from year to year and how the vendor would track individual officers’ annual allowances. Attaway said vendors would be required to track spending and that county administration would also record expenditures; he deferred benefit‑carryover questions to county finance staff.
A motion to approve the RFP for the sheriff’s office uniform equipment and accessories purchase program passed by voice vote. The motion was moved on the record and seconded; supervisors signified approval with “aye.” The board did not attach additional conditions to the motion.
The action is administrative: it authorizes issuance of an RFP rather than awarding a firm contract. The board asked staff to return with procurement details and to ensure internal tracking and controls would be in place before final contract execution.
