(a) State. Subject to Section 113.02
, the Mayor is hereby authorized to participate in contracts with the Department of Administrative Services, Office of State Purchasing, of the State of Ohio for the purchase, lease or lease with an option or agreement to purchase articles, supplies, services, materials and equipment as may be required for municipal use under such contract terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Department. The City shall directly pay the vendor or lessor under each such purchase contract for items it receives pursuant to the contract.
(b) County. Subject to Section 113.02
, the Mayor is hereby authorized to participate in contracts with the Regional Planning Commission of Cuyahoga County for the purchase, lease or lease with an option or agreement to purchase articles, supplies, services, materials and equipment as may be required for municipal use by the City under such contract terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Commission. The City shall directly pay the vendor or lessor under each such purchase contract for items it receives pursuant to the contract. As used in this subsection, the term services includes the purchase of liability insurance.
(c) Other Municipalities and School Districts. Subject to Section 113.02
, the Mayor is hereby authorized to participate in contracts with other cities, villages and townships and with school districts for the purchase, lease or lease with an option or agreement to purchase articles, supplies, services, materials and equipment as may be required for municipal use by the City under such contract terms and conditions as may be agreed to. The City shall directly pay the vendor or lessor under each such purchase contract for items it receives pursuant to the contract. As used in this subsection, the term services includes the purchase of liability insurance.
(Ord. 86-21. Passed 5-4-87.)
(d) Westshore Council of Governments.
(1) Subject to Section 113.02, the Mayor is hereby authorized to join with the Westshore Council of Governments in issuing invitations to bid and request for proposals, as determined by the appropriate officials of the Westshore Council of Governments for vehicles, equipment, operating supplies, materials, services and such other equipment and supplies as may be deemed beneficial by the Westshore Council of Governments and the Mayor for collective bidding.
(2) Subject to Section 113.02, the Mayor is hereby authorized to sign invitations to bid or requests for proposals in the name of the City and to be bound by all contract terms and conditions as the Westshore Council of Governments shall prescribe in such collective procurement procedures and any contracts or agreements resulting from such procedures.
(3) The Mayor is hereby authorized to agree, in the name of the City, to pay directly the vendor or through the Westshore Council of Governments under each such collective purchasing agreement in which it participates, for items or services it received pursuant to such contracts or agreements, and the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to make such payments.
(e) Any and all participatory or cooperative contract or purchasing agreement authorized by this section shall be subject to the approval of Council by individual resolution of Council. (Ord. 90-91. Passed 10-1-90.)