Inyo County Municipal Code Ch. 6.04 General Provisions

The provisions of Title 6 of this code apply to all purchases and contracts made by any county officer, agent or employee in his or her official capacity or on behalf of the county or any of its departments, agencies or organizations, or on behalf of any board, district, committee, or association organized under general law within the county and governed ex-officio by, or under the control of, the board of supervisors.

(Ord. 1285 § 2, 2022)

The purchasing agent shall develop and enforce a comprehensive policy and set of procedures for purchasing and contracting which shall be consistent with applicable state and federal law, this title, and the resolutions and directives of the board of supervisors. Such policy and procedures shall be entitled the "Inyo County Purchasing and Contracting Policy and Procedures Manual" and shall be approved by resolution of the board of supervisors. All county officers, agents, and employees shall fully comply with such manual in making, letting, or administering any contract or purchase to which this title applies.

This policy shall be adopted and updated via resolution.

(Ord. 1285 § 2, 2022)

Notwithstanding anything in this title to the contrary, the county, its officers, agents, and employees will employ purchasing and contracting procedures which comply with all applicable provisions of state law, and if required, federal law, as such laws may be enacted, amended, or repealed by legislative act or interpreted by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(Ord. 1285 § 2, 2022)

Except as otherwise provided by law, neither the board of supervisors nor any other county officer, agent, or employee shall make any purchase, or lot any contract in an amount in excess of the appropriations for such expenses provided for in the current fiscal year county budget as originally adopted or as thereafter revised.

(Ord. 1285 § 2, 2022)

Any purchases or contacts for supplies, materials, equipment, or services made contrary to the provisions of this article or the Inyo County Purchasing and Contracting Policy and Procedures Manual shall be void and of no effect. The person approving such purchase order or contract may be held personally responsible for its payment. If the amount of such purchase order or contract has already been paid out of county funds, the amount thereof may be recovered in the name of the county in an appropriate action.

(Ord. 1285 § 2, 2022)