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Policy committee sends proposed procurement-rule changes to full board after debate over transparency
Summary
Staff proposed raising the board-approval threshold for contracts from $150,000 to $250,000 to align with state procurement rules and inflation. Board members recommended full-board consideration and asked staff for comparative data and responses to outstanding audit recommendations before final action.
Portland Public Schools'policy committee on Oct. 20 advanced a package of changes to the district's public contracting rules to the full board after staff outlined the rationale and members raised concerns about transparency and outstanding audit recommendations.
Emily Cortnidge, director of purchasing and contracting, told the committee the proposal would raise the board-approval threshold from $150,000 to $250,000 to align the board's approval level with the district's formal procurement threshold and recent state statutory changes. "The first change is the raising of the board approval threshold from a 150,000 to 250,000,"…
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