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Commissioners debate emergency purchasing policy; attorney recommends tightening language
Summary
Board discussed a proposed emergency purchasing policy after a detention-center boiler failure revealed the county lacked a clear emergency-purchase procedure. The county attorney recommended adding case-law language requiring emergencies to be "present, immediate and existing" and a post-purchase resolution; staff will redraft for board review.
Caswell County commissioners on Dec. 15 reviewed a draft emergency-purchasing policy intended to fill a gap left after the county adopted a new purchasing policy earlier in the year.
County Manager Scott Whitaker explained the draft would define emergency purchases, decision authority, documentation, reporting and consequences; he noted a recent detention-center boiler…
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