Town Manager asks council to update procurement code, including $35,000 emergency authority
Manager Suzanne Harvey proposed updating the procurement code to remove RFP requirements for small projects (currently > $10,000), require three quotes instead, and grant the Town Manager authority to approve emergency expenditures up to $35,000; council directed staff to bring an ordinance back.
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Town Manager Suzanne Harvey told the Council the procurement code "has not been updated in years" and noted that formerly-large thresholds no longer reflect current costs. Harvey said, "It currently requires that any projects over $10,000.00 have to go through the RFP process" and suggested that smaller projects should require three written quotes rather than a full RFP. She also proposed that the Town Manager be able to approve emergency expenditures up to $35,000.00; Town Attorney Thomas Benavidez agreed with the approach.
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