Metropolitan Council raises procurement and grants signature authority to $2 million
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Summary
The council adopted same-week amendments to two management policies, FM14-2 (procurement thresholds) and FM15-1 (income grants), increasing the regional administrator’s signature authority from $500,000 to $2,000,000 to shorten procurement lead times and provide operational flexibility.
The Metropolitan Council on Nov. 12 adopted changes to two management policies to increase the regional administrator’s signature authority from $500,000 to $2,000,000.
Councilmember Johnson presented Business Item 2025-261 to update FM14-2 (expenditures for procurement of goods, services and real estate property), describing it as a same-week amendment approved earlier by the Management Committee. The update permits the regional administrator to authorize new contracts and real property acquisitions not exceeding $2,000,000, reducing the number of business items required for awards above the former $500,000 threshold.
Johnson said the change is intended to shorten lead times, allow committees and the council to focus on higher-value contract actions and enable operational divisions to serve the public more nimbly. Council adopted that policy update by voice vote after a second.
Johnson then presented Business Item 2025-262 to amend FM15-1 (income grants policy) to mirror FM14-2’s raise in signature authority from $500,000 to $2,000,000 for income contracts and grant agreements. The council approved that update by voice vote.
Council recorded these as same-week items that were previously reviewed by the Management Committee with clerical redline changes reflected in the business items. No roll-call tallies were recorded in the meeting transcript; both approvals were by voice votes.
Sources: Metropolitan Council business items and management committee statements on Nov. 12, 2025.