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Committee considers automatic indexing for procurement thresholds; staff to return with draft
Summary
Finance staff presented three indexing options (CPI, PPI, MCI) and three implementation mechanisms (automatic annual adjustment, trigger-based adjustment, periodic review); committee members asked for category-specific thresholds and a draft policy for future meetings.
The Independence Finance Committee debated whether to adopt an automatic indexing approach for procurement thresholds and which price index would be most appropriate for different categories of spending.
"There are three that stand out: the consumer price index, the producer price index and the municipal cost index," Melissa said as she described the memo staff prepared. She explained that CPI is widely understood, PPI better fits goods and materials, and MCI…
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