Commissioners want more information about how city employees are using city-issued purchasing cards.

City Auditor Michael Eglinski looked at 10 purchase card transactions to gauge how well employees and supervisors are following the city’s purchasing card policies.

His brief review found two instances where purchases were improperly split in order to avoid a $1,000 maximum for any single purchase.

Eglinski said his limited review — which was a follow-up to a previous audit — wasn’t able to determine how often such split purchases are being made. He said compliance with other policies related to the cards seemed to be high.

Commissioners asked staff members to provide more information about the frequency of split purchases.