To: Brian K. Flewelling, Public Works Committee Chairperson
From: Raymond Zanke, Director of Facilities and Operations
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RE: Approval of a purchase order to Pinnacle Design for the fiscal year ending 2026, in an amount not to exceed $200,000.00, to provide for the purchase of furniture in all county departments; the cost of this purchase order will be paid by the ordering department subject to available budget
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Approval for the Facilities and Operations Department to authorize purchases of various furniture-related items from Pinnacle Design (Consumer Office Furniture) on behalf of County departments, not to exceed $200,000.00.
BACKGROUND:
Pinnacle Furniture was selected as the county’s furniture vendor. We are submitting this request because the countywide aggregate total spent with this vendor is resulting in every purchase needing to go to the board for approval.
DISCUSSION:
Furniture requests will continue to go through our department to approve and work with our vendor to maintain county standards. Purchases would be subject to departments having the available budget.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
None.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
This request is not to exceed $200,000.00. Purchases would be subject to departments having the available budget.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
Furniture requests will be reviewed by Facilities.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
None.
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
This request conforms to Long-Term Financial Stability by using the County’s preferred vendor, supporting standard pricing and consistent specifications
resolution
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Director of Facilities and Operations to authorize an expenditure, in the form of purchase orders to Pinnacle Design (Consumer Office Furniture), to purchase various furniture-related items at a total cost not to exceed $200,000.00, subject to departments having the available budget, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request being on file with the official resources of the March 11, 2026 meeting of the Public Works Committee of the Board).