Vermont § 31 - Purchasing policy The Town Manager may expend an amount determined by the Selectboard, and the Selectboard may expend $10,000.00 for any established program without requesting competitive bids

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§ 31. Purchasing policy The Town Manager may expend an amount determined by the Selectboard, and the Selectboard may expend $10,000.00 for any established program without requesting competitive bids

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    Any expenditures other than those specified above shall be open to competitive bidding,
    except if the Selectboard shall find that bidding would be of no advantage to the
    Town. In such case, it shall then detail in its minutes the reasons for such findings
    and no bidding shall be required for that particular expenditure.

Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 31 ("Purchasing policy The Town Manager may expend an amount determined by the Selectboard, and the Selectboard may expend $10,000.00 for any established program without requesting competitive bids") is part of the Vermont Statutes Online, the codified statutory law of Vermont. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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