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Commissioners adopt revised purchasing manual and ARPA procurement addendum; changes take effect May 1
Summary
The court approved an updated county purchasing manual and an ARPA-specific procurement addendum. Key changes include raising the inventory tagging threshold to $2,500, clarifying ethics and conflict rules, updating quote/bid thresholds, and directing internal policies on auction participation. The revised manual takes effect May 1.
Johnson County’s Commissioners Court approved a revised county purchasing manual and an ARPA procurement addendum on April 28. The court set the effective date for the changes as May 1 to allow administrative adjustments.
Highlights of the revisions: Purchasing staff told the court the new manual clarifies ethics and conflict-of-interest language, updates procedures for sole-source and emergency purchases, and adjusts procurement thresholds. Notably, the county’s inventory-tagging threshold for fixed assets was raised from…
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