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Manassas Park council debates raising city manager—s spending authority; vote deferred to Feb. 25
Summary
Councilmembers debated a proposal to raise the city manager—s spending authority for budgeted items (council discussion coalesced around $200,000), with members urging greater transparency, a public contracts dashboard and an exclusion for sole-source approvals; final vote deferred to Feb. 25.
Council members on Feb. 4 engaged in an extended discussion about whether to increase the city manager—s spending authority for budgeted items.
A councilmember introduced the idea of matching neighboring jurisdictions— thresholds and proposed raising the limit (initially discussed up to $250,000) for budgeted items. City manager Keith and other staff noted that many…
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