A. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law or ordinance, all city purchases shall be made by the city purchasing agent. The City Manager shall act as purchasing agent unless otherwise provided by this Code or any other city ordinance consistent with applicable law. The City Manager is authorized to make any purchases that he/she deems necessary for the proper functioning of the city government, provided that all purchases shall conform strictly to the conditions of the budget.
The City Manager may appoint such deputy purchasing agents as shall seem advisable and confer upon them authority to act in such amounts and such circumstances as he/she shall determine, however the purchasing authority of any deputy purchasing agent shall not exceed $1000.00.
B. Pursuant to law and applicable ordinances, the city manager or his designated deputy shall, if budgeted by the City Council and/or McLoud Public Works Authority, contract for and purchase or shall issue purchase orders for all supplies, materials and equipment for the offices, departments and agencies of the city government and public works authority in an amount not exceeding $30,000. Such contracts and purchases shall be made without prior approval of the City Council or Public Works Authority, if budgeted. If the city manager contracts for or issues purchase orders for supplies, materials or equipment with funds not previously budgeted, he may only expend up to $10,000, for City expenditures, or $20,000 for Public Works without prior approval of the City Council, or McLoud Public Works Authority, as the case may be. However, nothing contained in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the expenditure of funds, the making of purchases or the letting of contracts in an emergency involving the health, safety and welfare of the City, when, in the reasonable opinion of the City Manager, such purchase or contract cannot await the calling of a special or emergency meeting of the City Council or Public Works Authority. (1987 Code § 7-104; amd. Ord. 2004-17, 9-9-2004; Ord. 2022-04, 9-23-2021)