One vendor cut off services for two weeks for lack of payment. Purchasing process is a little slow. It could take three months to receive lab supplies if you send the purchases requisitions by mail. Purchasing needs new up grade computers. Very slow in meeting demands.
Police department needs updated equipment.
It is difficult to know the exact cost of something. Purchase requisitions are submitted and then the purchase order goes to the initiator, therefore, it's hard to track costs. The purchasing process is lengthy. It takes two weeks to get a purchase order number issued and sometimes over two months to get materials and supplies delivered. Purchasing changes the specifications on a computer purchase and bought a poor quality machine.