The City Administrator shall serve as the chief purchasing agent for the city and is responsible for insuring that purchases are reported to the City Council for approval, ratification and/or confirmation. In the City Administrator’s absence, the Mayor and City Clerk jointly shall serve as the chief purchasing agent. The City Council through this subchapter designates that the officially designated City Administrator/department heads/supervisors/City Council Finance Committee shall serve as purchasing agents for the city departmental requirements directly under their control. All authorized city purchasers are required to coordinate their purchasing with the chief purchasing agent for reporting to the City Council. All purchases for the city shall be approved by the City Council when they will exceed $2,500. All purchases less than $2,500 will be ratified and confirmed by the City Council at their next regular meeting. The chief purchasing agent will not exceed $1,200 and departmental purchasing agents will not exceed $600. The City Council Finance Committee shall not exceed the amount of $2,500. The City Council shall let purchases or contracts over $2,500 in value. All authorized purchasers shall not permit purchasing that would exceed the appropriated budget dollar amount per line item without City Council approval.
(Prior Code, § 2-16) (Am. Ord. 531, passed 1-25-2011)