131.02 PARTICIPATION IN STATE CONTRACTS.

   (a)   Council hereby requests authority in the name of the City of Independence 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.

   (b)   The Mayor is hereby authorized to agree in the name of the City of Independence 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 City of Independence's participation in a contract. Further, the Mayor shall agree to be bound by all such terms and conditions.

   (c)   The Mayor is hereby authorized to agree in the name of the City of Independence 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 shall agree to directly pay the vendor.

(Res. 1987-80. Passed 12-18-87.)