In 2022, Marysville residents to vote on changing purchasing limits in city charter – The Voice

The residents of Marysville will head to the polls in November 2022 to vote on whether or not to amend the city charter to allow the city council to set the amount for purchases beyond which competitive bids or prices must be sought. The amendment will also allow the council to set an upper limit to purchases by the city manager without council approval. The city charter mandates the current limit of $3,000 for both. At its regular meeting Oct. 25, the council voted 6-1 to approve sending the amendment to the voters. Mayor Wayne Pyden voted against the proposal. “This is not something that city administration is pushing for one way or the other,” said City Manager Randy Fernandez before the vote, as heard on the recording of the meeting posted on the city’s website. “The bottom line is that the charter has set a limit of $3,000. In full transparency, I’ve been here 10 years as the assistant manager and then the manager, and it was always told to me that the limit was $5,000.” If the voters approve the amendment, “the council would set the spending limit for the city manager, now and in the future,” said…
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