§ 3.04.030. Purchases by agencies; assistant purchasing agents.

A.

Appointment. The board of supervisors appoints and authorizes any agency head to act, ex-officio, as an assistant purchasing agent with respect to supplies and equipment for his or her agency and to purchase supplies and equipment for his or her agency in amounts or estimated amounts not to exceed ten thousand dollars per purchase. An assistant purchasing agent shall have no authority to enter into contracts for services except and to the extent that the purchasing agent chooses, in his or her sole discretion, to expressly delegate such authority.

B.

Requests by Assistant Purchasing Agents. An assistant purchasing agent shall submit to the purchasing agent requests for purchases of services (in any dollar amount) and purchases of supplies and equipment in amounts or estimated amounts in excess of ten thousand dollars.

C.

Limitation. When the board of supervisors or the purchasing agent has entered into a contract with a vendor to supply all of the county's requirements for specified supplies or equipment, then the assistant purchasing agent shall not have authority to purchase such supplies or equipment under this section.

(Ord. 00-07, § 2, 2000: Ord. 273 § 3, 1957.)

(Ord. No. 09-02, § 3, 8-4-2009)