Board discusses open purchase orders, warning flags and account coding

Jan 22, 2026

Board members asked about numerous open purchase orders and a 10% overage threshold; staff explained blanket POs and that location codes are added later, causing apparent discrepancies and triggering warning flags.

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Committee members pressed staff about a set of open purchase orders that had triggered warning flags for exceeding cut amounts. One board member asked whether the PO overage could be “a substantial number” given how many open POs exist. “That 10 though, that could with the number of these each month, that could be a substantial number,” the committee member said.

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