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Council weighs cutting the mayoral purchase threshold to $5,000, administration warns of delays
Summary
Council was presented a finance-committee recommendation to lower the administrative purchase/contract threshold from $25,000 to $5,000; administration warned the change could slow operations and increase work for staff and law, and council agreed to review the recommendation.
Council considered a finance-committee recommendation to reduce the municipal purchasing threshold in ordinance 227.01 from the current $25,000 level (established in 2012) to $5,000.
Administrative Director Mrs. Valentine briefed council on the ordinance history, noting a $10,000 threshold in 2004 and a $25,000 threshold set in 2012; the finance committee recommended a…
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