(a) The Mayor hereby requests authority, in the name of the City, to participate in State contracts which the Ohio Department of Administrative Services, Office of State Purchasing, has entered into for the purchase of supplies, services, equipment and certain materials pursuant to Ohio R.C. 125.04.
(b) The Mayor is hereby authorized to agree, in the name of the City, to be bound by all contract terms and conditions as the Ohio Department of Administrative Services, Office of State Purchasing, prescribes. Such terms and conditions may include a reasonable fee to cover the administrative costs which the Ohio Department of Administrative Services incurs as a result of the City's participation in a contract. Further, the City does hereby agree to be bound by all such terms and conditions.
(c) The Mayor 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 City does hereby agree to directly pay the vendor.
(Res. 1994-11. Passed 3-16-94.)