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Trustees tie director emergency spending to purchasing policy; $500 cap noted
Summary
Trustees revised the draft bylaws to have the library director expend funds outside the normal budget 'in accordance with the board of trustees purchasing policy,' noting a previously considered $500 monthly cap but deferring final limits to the purchasing policy.
Trustees updated the bylaws to reference a purchasing policy for any director-authorized expenditures outside the normal budget. Speaker S3 said the draft now states the library director may expend funds outside the normal budget "in accordance with the board of trustees purchasing policy" and that the $500 monthly figure would be governed by the purchasing policy once adopted.
The group acknowledged they cannot finalize that bylaw language without an approved purchasing policy, and they agreed to follow up with the purchasing committee to learn when the policy will be ready to present to the board. The purchasing policy draft had been discussed at the June 4 meeting and was returned to committee for confirmation rather than major edits.
