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Council raises city manager signing authority to $60,000, debates safeguards
Summary
Council amended purchasing rules to increase the city manager's administrative signing authority from $25,000 to $60,000 to reduce staff workload, while members requested clearer negotiation/solicitation language and assurances that competitive bids will be sought.
The City Council on Dec. 9 voted to amend Municipal Code chapter 3.04 to raise the administrative signing limit for the city manager to $60,000. Director Kellogg told council the change aligns the city's threshold with regional averages and the uniform construction contract threshold and would reduce staff time preparing reports for…
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