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 with the increased spending limit, there may be instances where such a contract may not be seen as big enough by potential vendors and the city may not receive the typically required three bids for a purchase.

“There are going to be times where you don’t even get a second bid,” Adams said.

Through the proposed procedural change, Adams said he wants to ensure that both the new purchasing limits of his office and those situations where the required three bids are not met are well documented, with departments asked to detail everyone contacted for a purchase, along with the bids received.

Public Works Director Allen Hess provided an example in support of the move, citing a duct cleaning project at the Weirton Municipal Building, where four companies were contacted.

“Three of them showed up and walked the building, and we got one bid,” Hess said.

Also set to go before council, and recommended Friday by the Finance Committee, were:

• A resolution allocating $9,586 from opioid settlement funds to the Weirton Police Department for the purchase of DUI simulation goggles;

• A contribution to the Brooke-Hancock County Veterans Memorial Park Inc. of $5,000;

• A resolution for a prospective retention pay incentive for eligible city employees;

• Revisions to the 2025-26 general fund budget; and

• An ordinance amending the minimum work week for the Weirton Police Department under the city code.