The Town Council is designated as the purchasing agency (the “Purchasing Agency”) for the town.
(A) Powers. The Purchasing Agency shall have all the powers and duties authorized under I.C. 5-22 as amended and as supplemented, and as may be supplemented from time to time by ordinances adopted by the Town Council and policies adopted by the Purchasing Agency.
(B) Agents.
(1) The Fiscal Officer and each department head shall be a purchasing agent of the Purchasing Agency and as such is authorized to make purchases for their own departments or operations not exceeding $2,000 per purchase, unless and until the Purchasing Agency files a writing terminating such status with the Fiscal Officer of the town.
(2) In addition, the Purchasing Agency may designate any employee of the Agency or the town as one of its purchasing agents by filing a writing with the Fiscal Officer. The writing shall delineate the purchasing agent's limits of authority. The designation of such a purchasing agent may be terminated at the discretion of the Purchasing Agency.
(3) Any purchasing agent may designate any of the agent's employees or office holders as a purchasing agent under the terms and conditions it believes appropriate. Any such designations may be terminated by either the purchasing agent who designated such purchasing agent or by the Purchasing Agency by filing a writing terminating such purchase agent status with the Fiscal Officer of the town.
(Ord. 256, passed 6-22-98; Am. Ord. 2020-3, passed 9-21-20)