WEIRTON — After agreeing to increase the city manager’s purchasing limit earlier this year, Weirton Council will now be asked to consider adjustments to the city’s purchasing procedures.

The proposed resolution was recommended Friday by the city’s Finance Committee and will be put before the full council during its meeting at 7 p.m. Monday.

Currently, any purchase of more than $5,000 must go through a competitive bid process.

“We have a purchasing procedure in place,” noted City Manager Mike Adams during Friday’s Finance Committee meeting, who explained adjustments had to be made following council’s vote in August to increase the purchasing limit of his office.

Through that resolution, Weirton’s city manager’s spending limit was increased from $3,500 to $10,000 but, Adams said, even wi

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