Commissioners and auditor staff discussed raising the county's small-purchase threshold (currently $1,000) to reduce requisition-related delays that add one to two weeks to vendor payments. Speaker 3 argued that $1,000 "doesn't get you much anymore" and said moving some items from requisitions to vouchers would speed payments; staff floated higher thresholds such as $5,000–$10,000 as possible options.

Staff cautioned that a higher threshold would require more diligence at the local-elected-official level because purchases could be made before the auditor's office audits bills. "From our end, we have to be a little more diligent because we're assuming there's a vetting process before it gets to us," Speaker 3 said. Commissioners asked the auditor to run reports on payment distributions and return with a median/comfort level and a suggested county policy or resolution.

No countywide policy was adopted at the session. Next steps: auditor staff will produce threshold reports and the commissioners said they will consider a county policy/resolution if the data support a change.