208.03   COOPERATIVE PURCHASING.
   (a)   Participation With Department of Administrative Services; Authority of Mayor.
      (1)   The Mayor hereby requests authority in the name of the Village to participate in State contracts which the Department of Administrative Services, Office of State Purchasing, has entered into for the purchase of supplies, services, equipment and certain materials pursuant to Ohio R.C. 125.04.
      (2)   The Mayor is hereby authorized to agree in the name of the Village to be bound by all contract terms and conditions as the Department of Administrative Services, Office of State Purchasing, prescribes. Such terms and conditions may include a reasonable fee to cover the administrative costs which the Department of Administrative Services incurs as a result of the participation of the Village in a contract. Further, the Mayor does hereby agree to be bound by all such terms and conditions.
      (3)   The Mayor is hereby authorized to agree in the name of the Village to directly pay the vendor, under each such State contract in which it participates for items it receives pursuant to the contract, and the Mayor does hereby agree to directly pay the vendor.
(Res. 90-938. Passed 6-15-90.)
   (b)   Participation With Department of Transportation; Authority of Mayor.
      (1)   The Mayor hereby requests authority, in the name of the Village, to participate in the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) contracts for the purchase of machinery, materials, supplies or other articles which the Department has entered into pursuant to Ohio R.C. 5513.01(B).
      (2)   The Mayor is hereby authorized to agree, in the name of the Village, to be bound by all terms and conditions as the Director of Transportation prescribes.
      (3)   The Mayor is hereby authorized to agree, in the name of the Village, to directly pay vendors, under each such contract of the Ohio Department of Transportation in which the Village participates, for items it receives pursuant to such contract.
      (4)   The Village agrees to hold the Director of Transportation and ODOT harmless for any claim or dispute arising out of participation in a contract pursuant to Ohio R.C. 5513.01(B).
(Res. 97-030. Passed 11-18-97.)