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Council debates reducing bidding thresholds in proposed Article 109 revisions
Summary
Councilors discussed revisions to Article 109 that would lower bidding requirements and reduce spending limits for some employees and supervisors; ordinances will be drafted and sent to legal counsel before returning to council for consideration.
Councilors opened a substantive discussion Aug. 26 about proposals to revise Article 109 of the town code governing purchasing and bidding requirements. The conversation centered on reducing formal bidding thresholds and lowering spending limits for employees and supervisors; no ordinance was adopted at the meeting, and council directed staff to draft proposed ordinance language for legal review.
Advocates of the revisions framed the changes as administrative steps to accelerate small purchases and reduce overhead; council members agreed that ordinance drafts should be reviewed by the town's legal counsel and returned to the council for future action. The council did not provide specific dollar thresholds or final language during the meeting.
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