Catoosa County commissioners have approved a resolution requesting the Georgia General Assembly to consider repealing two county-specific acts that currently restrict the board’s purchasing powers.
The acts, County Attorney Skip Patty said during a board meeting on Jan. 19, were first approved in 1986 and 1987 after a dispute between two county officials, and have not been updated in more than 30 years.
Currently, commissioners must provide time for and solicit bids to be submitted before allocating funds for any purchase over $15,000.
“The amount is artificially low because it was adopted so long ago,” Patty said at the meeting. “Fifteen thousand was a lot more money back in 1986.”
The second rule requires the purchase of certain expenditures over $10,000 to be advertised in a local newspaper three times following the purchase.