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City to study a dedicated Public Works credit card to ease purchasing limits
Summary
Staff proposed issuing a dedicated Public Works credit card because the current $2,500 per-card limit is often insufficient; CA Baker said this would reallocate the existing $10,000 limit among more cards and will return with options including whether to raise the overall limit.
City Administrator Baker proposed adding a credit card for the Public Works department, explaining field purchases sometimes exceed the current $2,500 per-card limit. He clarified the proposal would not automatically increase Lowell’s total corporate credit limit but would reallocate the existing $10,000 across additional cards; he said he would analyze whether increasing the overall city credit limit is also warranted and return with a detailed recommendation.
Councilors discussed the proposal briefly and asked staff to research alternatives and risk controls; no formal action was taken at the July 1 work session.
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