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Rockwood board sends purchasing Policy 3170 to review after debate over raising approval thresholds
Summary
Trustees voted to send Policy 3170 (purchasing) to the policy review committee after discussion about raising routine board-approval thresholds from $7,500 to $25,000 and expanding superintendent emergency purchase authority for insurance claims to higher limits.
The Rockwood Board of Education voted to refer Purchasing Policy 3170 to the policy review committee after trustees debated raising the dollar thresholds that trigger routine board approval.
President Midgette moved the procedural referral and a board member seconded; the motion passed by voice vote. Board members and administrators questioned whether the district’s current $7,500 threshold creates unnecessary bureaucracy and whether a higher limit would…
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