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Sarasota News Leader March 29, 2013 Page 14 Anything at the $100,000 level or higher would "I just want to make sure the board finds out about it," Patterson reiterated. require a bid or proposal process. Additionally, the county administrator and county attorney can approve the purchase of something costing up to $100,000, Coyman said. As the current code was written, Coyman pointed out, the procurement official could obtain "many millions of dollars of commodities without anyone's permission. "I'm assuming that we're going to know about it," Commissioner Nora Patterson said of the latter types of purchases when the board addressed the matter on Feb. 26. Any purchase above $100,000 will come to the commission for approval under the new code, he said. However, if the commissioners want details Coyman told her that the NIGP audit in No- about any purchases made by the county advember had pointed out that the delegation ministrator under $100,000, that information of purchasing authority and threshold levels could be provided to them, Coyman added. in the current code were not clear. "So this In response to another question from Patstructure clarifies that greatly." terson, Reid told her the purchase authority would apply only to funds already allocated Reid pointed out that he had worked under in the county budget. Referencing a comment similar guidelines in Alachua County, where she had made earlier about how it seemed he he was county manager before taking the would be able to fill up rooms with flowers, Sarasota County job. In a monthly report to for example, as a result of the new authorihis commisty, Reid said, sion there, "You'll see no he added, he … $100,000 provided deflowers." tails about any purchasReid suggestes he had aued that the afthorized. He ter-the-fact realso emphaporting could sized to Patbe generated terson that without a three written stipulation quotes would for it in the be needed new code. b e f o r e h e A slide in a March 19 presentation to the County Commission Coyman concould spend shows the timeline for revising the Procurement Code. Image courtesy Sarasota County any funds. curred. %