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With officials hoping to speed up the procurement process, Hamilton County commissioners have approved an increase in the county's purchasing threshold despite some hand-wringing over whether it would reduce their oversight of public funds.
The county's procurement limit is the amount of money departments are able to spend without needing approval from the county commission.
Enough safeguards appear to be in place to safely allow Hamilton County to raise — in fact, double — the amount of money for which public advertisement and sealed, competitive bids for purchases will be required.
Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp's new $64,000 government vehicle was a brief focal point Wednesday during a debate about whether commissioners should increase the county's purchasing threshold from $25,000 to $50,000.