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La Verne council approves purchasing-policy updates, police classification change and two-property affordable housing purchase
Summary
By unanimous votes (5-0), the council approved aligning procurement thresholds with federal CFR 200 rules, updated the police-captain class/salary, and authorized purchase/appropriation of $440,000 in affordable-housing funds for two blighted properties on 1st Street.
At its Sept. 16 meeting La Verne City Council approved several administrative and housing measures by unanimous vote.
The consent calendar passed on a single motion, 5-0. Council then approved a resolution updating the police captain class specification and salary range to better align with market comparables and internal equity; staff said the change moves the classification into the La Verne Police Middle Management Association and updates education and experience qualifications.
Finance Director Christie Lopez presented revisions to the city’s purchasing policy to align approval thresholds with federal procurement standards under 2 CFR 200 and to update public-project thresholds under California public construction accounting. Lopez explained that purchases up to $75,000 would be approved by department directors as a micro-purchase under federal rules, purchases between $75,000 and $250,000 would require city manager approval, and purchases over $250,000 would require council approval. Council approved the policy updates 5-0.
Council also authorized a purchase agreement for two adjacent properties at 1816 and 1822 1st Street to be acquired via the receivership process and redeveloped as two affordable homeownership units. The council appropriated $440,000 from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund (Fund 226) to cover the court-accepted purchase price ($400,000) and ancillary costs, and voted 5-0 to authorize the city manager to execute documents.
What happens next: staff will proceed with acquisition and demolition/abatement actions as needed, coordinate with a developer for on-site redevelopment, and implement the purchasing policy changes for federally funded and public-project spending.
