Commission staff: procurement-card rollout requires policy clean-up first

Aug 27, 2026

County staff told commissioners that switching to procurement (P-) cards will require revising multiple resolutions and policies first; staff recommended consolidating existing policies before adopting a single procurement-card policy to ensure compatibility with federal grant rules.

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County staff and counsel outlined a phased approach to adopting procurement cards. Counsel warned many existing resolutions and policies reference the old county credit-card system and must be reconciled before P-cards are issued for travel or federal-funded purchasing. "I think that, you know, the simplest thing right now will be just to deal with just the the procurement card policy rather than a, like, a comprehensive procurement policy across the board," a staff member said, recommending a targeted P-card policy be prepared first.

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