The Purchasing Agent shall have all the duties and powers prescribed by laws of the state relating to county purchasing agents, this chapter and the resolutions and orders of the Board of Supervisors to include the following duties:
(A) Acquisition of personal property. To purchase equipment, materials, supplies and all other personal property and services for the county where funding has been approved and budgeted by the Board, unless specified otherwise in County Code or in the Purchasing and Contracting Policy Manual.
(B) Service contracts. To engage independent contractors to perform services through contracts for the county and offices thereof with or without furnishing of material where the aggregate cost does not exceed $50,000. Contracts shall not be split between fiscal years to circumvent this dollar limitation.
(C) Renewal/extension of contracts. To renew or extend contracts for services that are critical to ongoing county projects provided the financial obligation falls within his or her purview of authority; and to renew or extend not more than one amendment to a Board approved contract in an additional amount not to exceed $10,000 of the Board approved contract.
(D) Rental of real property. To negotiate and execute in the name of the county, contracts to lease or rent for the county real property or storage space where funding has been approved by the Board, with an annual rent not to exceed $10,000.
(E) Transfer of property within the county. To transfer personal property within the county with an estimated value of not more than $3,000. Such transfers shall be made only with the approval of the heads of both the donating and receiving departments.
(Ord. 853, § 1 (part), 2010; Ord. 983, § 2, 2019; Ord. 990, § 1, 2019)