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Town manager to seek ordinance updating procurement thresholds and emergency authority
Summary
Council directed staff to draft an ordinance revising procurement rules to require three quotes instead of full RFPs for modest purchases and to authorize the Town Manager to approve emergency spend up to $35,000.
Town Manager Suzanne Harvey told the council that the Town’s procurement code has not been updated in years and that $10,000 used to be a large threshold when the limits were set. She proposed replacing full RFP requirements for expenditures over $10,000 with a three-quote process and recommended authorizing the Town Manager to approve emergency expenditures up to $35,000.
Town Attorney Thomas Benavidez signaled agreement with the proposed approach. Mayor Wallace directed staff to return an ordinance implementing the suggested changes at the next council meeting.
