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Council weighs changes to purchasing policy to streamline approvals for budgeted items
Summary
City staff presented a high-level proposal to update Middleton’s purchasing policy so that budgeted purchases could be approved at staff levels up to defined thresholds; council members sought clearer distinctions for non-budgeted items and safeguards against splitting projects to avoid bidding rules.
City staff on March 5 presented high-level proposed changes to Middleton’s purchasing policy aimed at clarifying approval authority and reducing repeated council action for items already approved in the annual budget.
Miss Hobbs told the council that the current city code provides limited written guidance: the city administrator can approve expenditures up to $5,000 and the mayor up to $6,000 for non-budgeted items. The staff proposal described at a high level would permit department heads to approve budgeted expenditures up to $10,000; the city administrator and treasurer would approve up to $50,000 in consultation; and the…
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