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County controller proposes package of administrative policy changes on assets, p-cards, phones, travel and procurement
Summary
County Controller Scott Park asked commissioners for direction to draft redline policy changes including raising capital-asset thresholds, tightening alcohol purchase approvals, simplifying p-card sales-tax handling, replacing complex phone allowances with two tiers, revising vehicle allowance rules, and adopting a procurement stopgap resolution.
At the Feb. 17 work session, County Controller Scott Park presented a multi-part policy package he said aims to modernize Davis County's administrative practices and reduce unnecessary work.
On asset management, Park proposed raising the capital-asset equipment threshold from $5,000 to $10,000 and increasing the building and land improvement threshold from $5,000 to $50,000. He said the change would reduce the number of tracked assets and administrative burden and estimated historically this could have reduced the asset count by about 40% and book value by roughly 3%.
Regarding alcohol purchases, Park said the drafted policy would require approval by both the department administrative officer and the liaison…
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