1-13-5: AUTHORITY:
   A.   Authority To Expend Funds: Only the county commission has authority to expend county funds for procurement or to enter into any contract for procurement, except to the extent they have delegated that authority. Elected officials and department heads are hereby delegated such authority as set forth herein. Employees, agents or other representatives of the county shall not expend funds, solicit proposals or bids, respond to solicitations or in any other way obligate the county to expend funds without the authority of the county governing body or the appropriate elected official or department head.
   B.   Elected Officials: By adoption of an annual budget, the county commission delegates to each elected official the authority to expend funds for procurement as they are presented in the approved budget for the elected official's office or as the elected official is authorized to transfer money from one line item to another within a budget as set forth in the interdepartmental line item transfer ordinance. All procurements made under this delegated authority shall be made in compliance with all other provisions of this chapter.
   C.   Department Heads: Any elected official may delegate their authority to expend funds or a portion of their authority to expend funds for procurement as the elected official sees fit to a department head. All decisions regarding procurement made by an authorized department head shall be made in compliance with all other provisions of this chapter. (Ord. O-2016-7, 8-8-2016)