Ordinance increasing spending limits for borough officials passes

The Petersburg Borough Assembly voted unanimously to pass Ordinance #2022-11 in its third and final reading during Tuesday’s meeting, allowing for increases to the purchasing authorization limits of borough officials.

The ordinance now gives the borough manager the authority to set the spending limits for individual department heads.

It also increases the borough manager’s purchasing authorization limit, allowing the borough manager to authorize purchases costing more than a department head’s limit but less than $75,000.

Previously department heads were limited to spending $5,000 and the borou...