Sec. 2-55. - Central purchasing—Exceptions.

No purchase as described in Section 2-54 shall be made by any county officer or employee without a purchase order or other written authority first obtained from the purchase agent, except as follows:

(a)

Purchases of goods seven thousand dollars ($7,000.00) and under. Purchases of goods of seven thousand dollars ($7,000.00) or under per transaction may be authorized by a department head without the prior approval of the purchasing agent, under authority and procedures as directed by the purchasing agent and the county auditor. Splitting or separating purchases for the purpose of circumventing this limit is prohibited;

(b)

Items exempt by law or by specific order of the board of supervisors;

(c)

Emergency purchases, which shall be limited to those immediately necessary for protection from substantial hazard to life or property, or occasions when the purchasing agent or one of his assistants is not accessible and the need is unforeseeable and immediate for continued operation of a county function. Every emergency purchase shall be promptly reported to the purchasing agent in writing with the facts constituting the emergency.

(Ord. No. 6401, § II, 1-20-2023; Ord. No. 6397, § II, 12-13-2022; Ord. No. 5699 § 1, 2006; Ord. No. 4654 § 1, 1993: Ord. No. 2490.)