A. Authorization. The Village shall endeavor to use joint or cooperative purchasing whenever favorable prices can be obtained for required goods and services. The Village Manager, Director of Finance, or designee are authorized to issue a purchase order or contract when the funds for that purchase order or contract have been previously budgeted and appropriated by the Village Board, using the applicable process and standards set forth in this chapter.
B. Intergovernmental agreements. The Procurement Officer may participate in, sponsor, conduct, or administer cooperative purchasing of supplies, services, or construction with one or more units of local government in accordance with an agreement entered into by the participants. Such cooperative purchasing may include, without limitation, joint or multi- party contracts between public procurement units and open-ended public procurement unit contracts that are made available to other units of local government.
(Ord. 5499, 3-21-20; Amd. Ord. 5505, 5-4-20)