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Committee hears plan for sustainable purchasing, e‑procurement and improved website; subcommittee to refine budget ask
Summary
A committee member presented a research-backed plan to make sustainable purchasing actionable: recommendations included eProcurement to capture environmental data, guidance sheets for priority product categories, and a central sustainability web resource. The committee agreed to review a draft and form a subcommittee for next steps.
Middleton — Committee member Laura presented findings from a sustainability purchasing review and urged the committee to pursue eProcurement, updated web resources and prioritized guidance to make the city’s Sustainable Purchasing Policy operational.
Laura said staff implementation failed in part because information was scattered and procurement processes are manual. She recommended two near-term actions: pursue an eProcurement pilot or RFP to…
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