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Board debates raising formal-bid threshold to $10,000 and other purchasing policy revisions
Summary
Managers proposed updating the purchasing and bidding policy to require three written quotes for $2,500–$10,000, raise the formal sealed-bid threshold to $10,000, remove purchase-order practice and add a quick-reference chart; trustees asked for further review and a proposed action item for the next meeting.
Township Manager Derek and staff presented a redraft of the purchasing and bidding policy at the Nov. 10 meeting, proposing several substantive changes intended to align procurement rules with current operations and reduce administrative overhead.
Key proposed changes included: requiring three written quotes for purchases costing $2,500–$10,000; increasing the formal sealed-bid threshold from $5,000 to $10,000 (while retaining competitive…
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