Oroville Municipal Code Art. 2 Purchasing Agent Generally

The city purchasing agent, or one or more deputies appointed by the city purchasing agent, shall have the power, and it shall be his or her duty, to purchase or contract for all supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services needed by any and all departments, institutions, boards, commissions and other agencies which derive their support wholly or in part from city funds and which are hereinafter referred to as the using agencies.

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The city purchasing agent shall establish policies on disposal of all supplies, materials and equipment which are no longer needed. Any such sale, exchange or trade shall be in accordance with the provisions of the City Charter, the Oroville Municipal Code and the policies established by the city council and the city administrator.

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The city purchasing agent shall submit to, and at the time prescribed by, the city council, an annual report on the work of his or her office and may from time to time suggest such changes in this chapter as he or she may deem necessary.

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The city purchasing agent shall establish and from time to time amend all rules and regulations authorized by this chapter and any other necessary to its operation.

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The city purchasing agent shall control and supervise any and all existing storerooms and warehouses and any which may hereafter be established.

(Ord. 1595 § 2)

Except in cases of emergency, the city purchasing agent shall not issue any order for delivery on a contract or open-market purchase, unless there is to the credit of each of the using agencies concerned a sufficient unencumbered appropriation balance in excess of all unpaid obligations to defray the amount of such order.

(Ord. 1595 § 2)