County updates purchasing policy to require billing address for off-site officials

County staff presented proposed updates to the Calhoun County purchasing policy, explaining changes to section 8 (modernizing language tied to obsolete three-part purchase orders), section 9 (requiring departments to check and maintain sufficient line-item funding) and section 12 (allowing constables, volunteer fire departments and other county operations without a county office to use the auditor's office as a billing address).

The staff presenter said the changes were prompted by recent incidents in which past-due invoices were not identified and added that the auditor's office email address was included to prevent items from slipping through. A commissioner moved to approve the listed policy updates; the motion was seconded and carried without recorded opposition. "We updated a couple of sections," a staff member said when outlining the changes.