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Council amends purchasing policy, approves fireworks, parks equipment and social-worker agreement
Summary
Mount Vernon City Council on Jan. 28 amended purchasing delegation thresholds to $200,000, approved a fireworks contract, authorized parks equipment purchase and approved a recurring agreement to fund an embedded social worker.
Mount Vernon ' The Mount Vernon City Council on Jan. 28 passed several routine and policy items, including an amended ordinance changing delegated purchasing thresholds, a fireworks contract and contracts for parks equipment and behavioral-health services.
City Attorney Kevin Rogerson introduced ordinance 3935 to amend chapters of the municipal code covering purchasing, contracting and donations and said staff had held two public committee meetings on the issue. Council debated a proposed upper delegation of $350,000 and a motion was made and approved to set many…
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