Henderson city officials have stopped a purchase the Henderson City Commission approved at its Dec. 16 meeting because the owner of the vendor is a Henderson Fire Department firefighter and the city did not go through the proper process to buy the equipment from a city employee, city officials said Monday.
The city commission approved a $49,275 purchase of extrication tools for the fire department from P&L Rescue Services which is owned by HFD firefighter Brandon Lingerfelt.
Most purchases of $40,000 or more require—by state statute—to be put up for a competitive bidding process. The city commission, however, approved a non-competitive quote from the company…