Bradford County opens public hearing on revisions to purchasing policy; ordinance read by title

The Bradford County Board of County Commissioners opened a public hearing on proposed amendments to the county purchasing policy and read the ordinance by title.

The chair explained the public hearing is for transparency and input and stressed the county will retain a purchasing policy and state-required rules; the change is intended to allow flexibility and an updated, revised policy. County staff said the current policy functions as an ordinance and that any new policy would replace it only after further hearings and board action.

County legal and administrative staff asked the board to open the hearing so residents could comment. After a short public comment period with no additional speakers on the ordinance, a motion was made to read the ordinance by title; the ordinance’s title was read into the record (amending purchasing procedures, sections 2-151 through 2-172 of the Bradford County Code). The chair closed the public hearing and staff said the purchasing policy will return to the board in July for further consideration.