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Board allows superintendent limited authority to extend purchase orders for routine vendor spending
Summary
Trustees approved a motion to allow the superintendent to extend frequently used purchase orders beyond the $10,000 threshold to avoid interrupting routine maintenance and operations, while maintaining oversight for larger procurements.
The Timberlane Regional School District Board of Trustees voted to permit the superintendent to extend purchase orders for frequently used vendors beyond the district’s $10,000 administrative threshold when required for routine, ongoing needs.
District business managers told trustees that the existing interpretation of policy DJE (frequently used vendors) had created unintended consequences: accumulated small purchases on vendor credit accounts (for example hardware or facility supplies) could push annual…
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