Bexar County Purchasing Agent Patricia Torres was facing an array of complaints — from mismanaging government contracts to having retained a staff member who faced criminal drug charges — when the board overseeing her role decided to open it up to other applicants last August.
Even so, Torres’ years of experience in an obscure field helped her make it to the final interview stages in the candidate selection process last week, before a different candidate was ultimately chosen.
The purchasing agent oversees contract procurement for the county across its roughly $3 billion 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.
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