1-10B-2: PURCHASING ADMINISTRATION:
The purchasing manager shall have the responsibility for the purchasing activities of the city and its various departments under the supervision and control of the director of administrative services. The duties and powers with regard to purchasing shall include the following:
A. Establish and maintain purchasing policies and processes, including the review and approval of purchase requisitions, issue purchase orders, review contracts for the acquisition of supplies, services, and equipment and administer the purchasing card program.
B. Ensure compliance with the bidding and purchase procedures, authorizing a waiver of such procedures only where appropriate. Waiver of such procedures requires the city manager’s approval if the purchase exceeds the standards for purchasing Tier 2 threshold.
C. Provide for the transfer of surplus or unused supplies and equipment between departments wherever it can be done effectively.
D. Review and maintain records and forms related to all purchasing activities.
E. Provide for the disposal by public auction of surplus or unused supplies and equipment that cannot be utilized by the city but which has residual value, except where such property has either a fixed cost or a unique value, in which case disposal may be by negotiated sale.
F. Revise requisitions or estimates of a department’s requirements for supplies and contractual services as to quantity, quality, or estimated cost, whenever revision is approved by the city manager and department head, and determined to be in the best interest of the city. (Ord. 2018-04-004, 4-5-2018; amd. Ord. 2023-026, 10-19-2023)