Clawson council adopts anti-displacement policy and raises micro-purchase threshold

The Clawson Town Council adopted two policies required for grant compliance and local purchasing practice: an anti-displacement policy and an updated procurement/administrative policy.

Chair (speaker 2) introduced the anti-displacement policy as a grant requirement to help protect residents from displacement if large developments arrive. After brief discussion the council voted to adopt the anti-displacement policy so the town meets grant application criteria.

Council then reviewed a procurement/administrative policy and debated micro-purchase and small-purchase thresholds. Several members argued a very high micro-purchase threshold would avoid needed oversight; others noted practical buying needs. The council agreed to set the micro-purchase threshold at $2,500 and to define small purchases above that level (transcript discussion referenced a $2,501 to $50,000 range), then voted to approve the procurement policy with those changes.

"So there's a motion that we approve our procurement policy with the changes of micro purchases being up to 2,500 and small purchases 25 0 1 to 50,000," one council member said during the motion.

Both policy votes were recorded in the meeting as motions with second and voice approval; the transcript does not show a roll-call tally.

The town noted the anti-displacement policy is a working document and can be tweaked if needed before final implementation.