Part 6 — GENERAL PROVISIONS

No officer or employee of the city shall requisition or order any supplies, materials, or equipment or services, other than those purchased in compliance with city's petty cash or procurement card policies, except through the director. No such officer or employee shall request the requisition or order any supplies, materials or equipment unless there exists an unencumbered balance of an appropriation or appropriations, available for such purpose, against or which the requisition or purchase may be charged.

(Ord. 27980.)

No officer or employee of the city shall split or separate a purchase of supplies, materials or equipment or a contract or purchase order for services for the purpose of evading the provisions of this chapter. The acquisition of supplies, materials and equipment should normally be made as a single purchase, when the

need has been identified for multiples of items, related items, or similar items, which are ordinarily available from the same vendor or manufacturer.

(Ord. 27980.)

No purchase of supplies, materials, or equipment or contract or purchase order for services shall be entered into unless there is an unexpended and unencumbered appropriation balance sufficient to pay the amount required by such purchase or contract or purchase order, except for an emergency purchase pursuant to Section 4.12.220.

(Ord. 27980.)