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Council amends procurement code to allow council members on evaluation committees
Summary
After debate about oversight and timing, Northampton County Council removed numeric thresholds from procurement code language and adopted amended rules allowing the council president to designate members to sit on evaluation committees when invited.
Northampton County Council on Dec. 4 amended a provision of the county's Administrative Code governing procurement evaluation committees to clarify how and when county council members may be invited to serve.
What changed: the council voted to replace fixed numeric thresholds (1, 2 or 3 members for specific contract-value tiers) with a single, flexible clause stating that the procurement officer shall form an evaluation committee and "based on council member interest, the council president will determine the members, if any, and will inform procurement of their selection." A wording…
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