The role oversees contract procurement for the county, a process that Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai says badly needs to be updated.
Bexar County is laying plans to replace its controversial purchasing agent, whose office has come under criticism from county commissioners, the sheriff and companies who do business with the county.budget — a role that’s designed to create a check-and-balance system between the elected officials making spending decisions and the budget office executing the contracts.
The current purchasing agent, Patricia Torres, has taken heat from some county commissioners and department leaders who say she’s moving too slowly on county contracts, and on policy changes aimed at allowing more vendors to business with the county. Until recently, Torres also retained an employee who faced felony drug charges following an arrest in 2020, according to KSAT. The“My frustration goes back a long ways,” said Judge Peter Sakai, a former civil district judge who ran for county judge in 2022 to address some of the county’s
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