Ottawa County amends purchasing policy to increase local bidder preference to 10%
After discussion and County Attorney review, commissioners voted 3-0 to remove the requirement that a local bidder match the low bid and to allow local bids within 10% of the low bid for procurement decisions.
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The Ottawa County Commission voted to change the county purchasing policy to delete language that required a local bidder to match the lowest bid and to set the local-bid threshold at within 10% of the low bid. Commissioner Carla Grund moved the change and the motion passed 3-0 after County Attorney Jeff Ebel reviewed the legal implications and said the policy need not be changed but that the Commission could choose to proceed.
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