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Commissioners discuss raising local-purchase preference above 1%; no policy change yet
Summary
The board debated whether to raise Saline County's 1% local-purchase preference and considered tiered thresholds by dollar amount, but asked staff to return with options rather than changing policy at the meeting.
Saline County commissioners on March 11 discussed whether to change the county's local-purchase preference policy, which currently allows a local vendor to match the low bid if its quote is within 1% of the low bid.
County Administrator Philip Haines reviewed survey results of other jurisdictions' practices and said many use higher thresholds — often 5% to 7%, and in some cases up to 10% —…
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