Mayor Tim Lowry and Sam Johnson, the city finance director, explained Propositions 2 and 3 on the April 7 ballot in Florissant. The measures would remove specific purchasing thresholds from the charter (including a $5,000 sealed-bid trigger) and allow the city to set purchasing and public-improvement procedures by ordinance; staff estimated roughly $70,000 in annual savings and clarified related budget-language changes and mayoral amendment authority.