The Commissioners hereby designate the following persons as purchasing agents as purchasing agents are defined under the public purchasing statutes:
(A) The Commissioners;
(B) The County Administrator;
(C) All elected officials of the county government to include judges thereof;
(D) Each head of a formal department of the county government, to include the following departments: Department of Planning and Zoning; Human Resources Department; Information Technology Department; Department of Weights and Measures; Department of Veterans’ Affairs; Department of Buildings and Grounds; County Health Department; County Department of Emergency Management; County Highway Department; and County Solid Waste Department;
(E) Those designees or appointees of elected officials of department heads confirmed in writing to the Commissioners by the elected officials or department heads as to their designation as an authorized purchasing agent for and on behalf thereof;
(F) Other county employees or officials as are designated from time to time in writing by the purchasing agency; and
(G) Boards of agencies of the county government, created by statute or appropriate county ordinance, and the representatives or employees of the agency or board designated in writing, to the Commissioners, to have authority to act on behalf of the agency or board as a purchasing agent.
(Prior Code, § 5-22-4-5) (Ord. 98-601, passed 10-19-1998, 98 COM REC 601–607; Ord. 2007-570, passed 12-17-2007, 2007 COM REC 570–574)