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Maumee Council removes newly added $5,000 approval sentence from contracts ordinance
Summary
After a lengthy debate, Maumee City Council voted to remove a sentence added the same day to update contract-approval rules that would have required mayor/administrator review for purchases over $5,000; council then approved the amended ordinance on third reading without that sentence.
Maumee City Council voted Nov. 17 to strike a sentence newly added to an ordinance amending the city’s contract-approval rules and then approved the ordinance on its third reading without that sentence.
The change under debate would have required the city administrator or mayor to review and approve contracts, leases and purchases in amounts exceeding $5,000. Council members and staff described that the ordinance’s broader framework preserves directors’ authority to sign purchase agreements up to $75,000 when within…
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