City of Nashua Legislation
Details for O-02-100


Bill Number: O-02-100
1st Reading: 9/20/2002
Bill Name: DECREASING THE THRESHOLD AMOUNT FOR CONTRACTS TO BE APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FROM $15,000.00 TO $10,000.00
Bill Status: Approved
Approval Date: 12/10/2002
Voting: Bolton, Steven - Alderman At - Large - Yes
Britton, Frederick - Alderman At - Large - No
Cardin, Lori - Alderman Ward 7 - Not Present
Cote, Scott - Alderman Ward 9 - Yes
Deane, David - Alderman At - Large - Yes  (Bill Sponsor)
Dion, Robert - Alderman Ward 6 - No
Gage, Kevin - Alderman Ward 3 - Not Present
Johnson, Paula - Alderman At - Large - Yes
Liamos, Stephen - Alderman Ward 8 - Yes
McAfee, Kevin - Alderman Ward 1 - No
McCarthy, Brian - Alderman At - Large - Yes
Nickerson, Timothy - Alderman Ward 2 - Yes
Plamondon, Marc - Alderman Ward 4 - Not Present
Rootovich, David - Alderman At - Large - Yes
Tollner, James - Alderman At - Large - Yes
Bill Sponsor: David W. Deane
Co-Sponsors: Johnson, Paula - Alderman At - Large
Cote, Scott - Alderman Ward 9
Bill Text: DECREASING THE THRESHOLD AMOUNT FOR CONTRACTS TO BE APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FROM $15,000.00 TO $10,000.00
In the Year Two Thousand and Two The City of Nashua ordains that Chapter 2 “Administration”, Article IV “Officers and Employees”, Division 5 “Purchasing Manager”, of the Nashua Revised Ordinances be amended by deleting the struck-through language and adding the new language shown in italics as follows: “Sec. 2-247. Procedures on competitive proposals. (a) … (b) …Purchase requirements with a final negotiated price exceeding fifteenten thousand dollars ($150,000.00) shall be presented to the finance committee for approval prior to contract award pursuant to section 2-255 (b) and (c).” “Sec. 2-249. Special purchase procedures. (a) … (b) …Additionally, within ten (10) working days of any such purchase exceeding fifteenten thousand dollars ($150,000.00), the purchasing manager or using agency shall give written notice to the finance committee.” “Sec. 2-255. Authority of the finance committee. (a) … (b) … (c) Finance committee approval normally shall be obtained prior to the award of contracts exceeding fifteenten thousand dollars ($150,000.00). This does not preclude the purchasing manager from seeking finance committee approval or providing advisement to the committee for purchase actions less than fifteenten thousand dollars ($150,000.00) when considered appropriate….” The ordinance shall become effective upon passage.