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Davis County controller outlines broad policy updates on assets, PCards, cell phones, transportation and procurement
Summary
Controller Scott Parke presented proposed policy changes including raising asset reporting thresholds, clarifying alcohol-purchase approvals, permitting limited sales-tax payments on PCards, two-tier non-taxable phone allowances ($30/$60), a simplified transportation reimbursement framework, and an interim procurement resolution to increase flexibility.
At a Feb. 17 Davis County work session, County Controller Scott Parke outlined a package of proposed financial and administrative policy revisions intended to modernize operations and reduce administrative burden.
Asset management: Parke proposed raising the capitalization threshold for equipment from $5,000 to $10,000 and setting the reporting threshold for building and land improvements at $50,000. He said implementing these changes retroactively would have reduced the county's asset count by about 40% and the reported value by roughly 3%, and that small repairs (for example, a $22,000 boiler fix) would be expensed rather than capitalized and depreciated.
Alcohol purchases: The controller proposed clarifying the County's purchase-of-alcohol policy to require written approval from both a department's Administrative Officer and the…
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