Recommendation R7
Direct the County Human Resources and Purchasing groups to work together to provide comprehensive purchasing training that covers contracts and the purchase of goods and services. This training should be provided to all individuals responsible for purchasing and/or contracting and should be completed by 6/30/27.
Jury report: Sonoma County Purchasing – Big Dollars with Low Operational Oversight · PDF page 16
Permanent linkOfficial response
Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
Agency plans to implementPromises Purchasing and Central HR identification of role-specific training and implementation of training and tracking by June 30, 2027.
Read official response · PDF page 6States responsible parties and an implementation deadline.
- Identify appropriate training for specific purchasing roles and implement training and tracking procedures. Owner: Purchasing Division and Central Human Resources. Timing: 2027-06-30.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.