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Cary council weighs setting a ceiling on town manager spending and quarterly reporting
Summary
Council discussed three staff options to change how spending authority is delegated: keep current practice with added reporting; reduce manager/deputy limit to $500,000 and require reporting over $300,000; or set a $750,000 ceiling for manager/deputy with reporting above $500,000. No final vote was taken; staff will return with a staff report.
Town staff briefed Cary Town Council at the April 16 work session on proposed changes to the town’s delegation-of-authority resolution and standard procedure, offering three options to change who can sign contracts or expend funds without separate council approval.
Interim Manager Russ (S3) framed the issue as statutory and procedural, and Lisa (S13) explained why state statutes require delegation of authority to be enacted as an ordinance or resolution rather than an internal…
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