(a) The City Manager is hereby authorized to agree in the name of the City to be bound by all contract terms and conditions as the State Department of Administrative Service, Office of State Purchasing, prescribes. Such terms and conditions may include a reasonable fee to cover the administrative costs which the Department incurs as a result of City participation in a contract. Further, the Manager does hereby agree to be bound by all such terms and conditions.
(b) The Manager is hereby authorized to agree in the name of the City to directly pay the vendor, under each such State contract in which it participates, for items it receives pursuant to the contract, and the Manager does hereby agree to directly pay the vendor, provided that no purchase may be made under the State Cooperative Purchasing Act unless funds therefor have first been appropriated.
(Ord. O88-10, passed 1-19-1988)
(c) (1) The City Manager is hereby authorized in the name of the City to participate in the Ohio Department of Transportation 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 City Manager is hereby authorized to agree in the name of the City to be bound by all terms and conditions as the Director of Transportation prescribes.
(3) The City Manager is hereby authorized to agree in the name of the City to directly pay vendors under each such contract of the Ohio Department of Transportation in which the City participates, for items it receives pursuant to the contract.
(4) The City agrees to hold the Director of Transportation and the Ohio Department of Transportation harmless for any claim or dispute arising out of participation in a contract pursuant to Ohio R.C. 5513.01(B), to the extent permitted by law.
(Ord. 2000-42, passed 3-21-2000)