Red Bluff Municipal Code § 2.64 Purchase Orders; Use and Encumbrance; Award

(A) Unless a single purchase under $2,000 or otherwise provided for by the Purchasing Officer, all purchases of supplies, services, equipment and public works projects shall be made by purchase order.

(B) Except in cases of emergency, no purchase order shall be issued unless there exists an unencumbered appropriation balance in the account or accounts against which the purchase is to be charged.

(C) Purchase orders for supplies, services, equipment and public works projects in amounts of less than $60,000 may be prepared by using agency and issued by the Purchasing Officer following his or her receipt and review of the three quotations for the purchases, qualified purchase program, or sole source documentation. Purchase orders for all other purchases of supplies, services, equipment and public works projects, of more than $60,000 value, shall be prepared by using agencies and issued by the Purchasing Officer using the Informal or Formal Bidding Procedures where appropriate.

(D) The purchase order shall be signed by the following three parties:

(1) Department head or designee;

(2) Finance Director. If absent, then the Finance Management Specialist; and

(3) Purchasing Officer. If absent, then the City Manager.

(`61 Code, § 2.64) (Ord. 906, passed 6-15-1999; Am. Ord. 1073, passed 4-18-2023; Am. Ord. 1080, passed 3-5-2024)

(A) Public projects of $60,000 or less may be performed by the employees of a public agency by force account, by negotiated contract, or by purchase order.

(B) Public projects of $200,000 or less may be let to contract by informal procedures pursuant to State of California law.

(C) Public projects of more than $200,000 shall, except as otherwise provided in State of California law, be let to contract by formal bidding procedures.

(Ord. 1073, passed 4-18-2023; Am. Ord. 1080, passed 3-5-2024)