The Board of Supervisors hereby grants authority to heads of offices, departments, and districts to draw requisitions on the Purchasing Agent. This authority may be delegated to any of their deputies, officers, or employees by filing written authorization with the Purchasing Agent; and the Purchasing Agent shall supply the requisition form to the heads of the various entities, prescribing the number of copies required to be submitted. Except as provided in § 14.0104 of this Chapter, or as otherwise provided by general law or ordinance of this County, the Purchasing Agent shall make purchases, rentals, and contracts only upon proper written requisition. Unless purchases are approved by either the Purchasing Agent or the Board of Supervisors, or as otherwise provided by law, the costs thereof shall not constitute a legal charge against the County but shall constitute a charge against the person making such purchase.
No purchase order shall be issued until the Auditor/Controller-Recorder shall have certified that sufficient monies are available in the proper budget appropriation to pay for such purchases, rentals, or contracts, and the Purchasing Agent shall immediately notify the requisitioning entity of the insufficiency of funds. If the costs of any purchase order cannot be readily ascertained, the Purchasing Agent may estimate such cost, and the Auditor/Controller-Recorder may make the aforesaid certification based upon such estimated cost.
(Ord. 934, passed - -1960)