Selectboard adopts updated procurement policy to align with state statute
Summary
After a third reading, the Selectboard unanimously adopted an updated Procurement Policy, raising purchasing thresholds and clarifying authorization levels to better match Bristol’s current project scale and audit findings.
The Selectboard adopted an updated Procurement Policy at its Aug. 10 meeting after a third reading intended to align thresholds with Vermont statute and the Town’s current scale of projects.
Town Administrator Gregory W. Faust said staff had "cleaned up the adjustments from the Board’s notes" and that some prior dollar thresholds were so low they would have required Board approval for routine purchases like fuel. Chair Ian Albinson said the policy had likely not been updated in roughly ten years and that the revisions will allow the Town Administrator more flexibility to move on projects at the Town’s current scale. A motion to adopt the policy, moved by Michelle Perlee and seconded by Peeker Heffernan, passed unanimously.
Albinson directed staff to finalize the policy, distribute copies and place it in the required locations. He also previewed upcoming policy work, including the Personnel Policy and an anticipated third reading of a Conflict of Interest Policy after review by legal counsel.
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