(a) “Procurement card” means a credit card as authorized by Section 301.29 of the Ohio Revised Code and this Chapter, but excludes gasoline and telephone credit cards.
(b) “Card provider” means the vendor selected to provide the procurement card after solicitation and advertisement for requests for proposals, as required by Section 301.29 of the Ohio Revised Code.
(c) “Cardholder” means the employee designated in writing by a Program Participant as the person who is responsible for procuring necessary goods and services for the Program Participant and who has physical possession of the Program Participant’s procurement card and is responsible for its safekeeping. The Cardholder shall also be designated on the Cardholder Application, which is signed by the appropriate official of the Program Participant and the County Executive.
(d) “Large dollar transaction procurement card” means the procurement card held by the Department of Finance and Budget, intended for use in the countywide procurement program.
(e) “Program” means the countywide procurement card program.
(f) “County program administrator” means the person designated by the County Executive as the administrator for the procurement card program, who shall be responsible for administration of the County’s contract with the card provider, for enforcement of this Chapter and for the development of policies and procedures to enforce this Chapter, which shall include guidelines to ensure purchases are properly authorized and reconciled. The county program administrator may not be a cardholder.
(g) “Department program coordinator” means the employee or a program participant designated in writing by a program participant as the person who is responsible for the enforcement of the Participant’s procurement card policy in cooperation with the county program administrator. The department program coordinator may not be a cardholder.
(h) “Program participant” means any officeholder, department, or agency of the county that holds a regular procurement card and the County Executive’s Department of Finance and Budget, which is authorized to hold one (1) large dollar transaction procurement card.
(Ord. 2007-186. Adopted 5-14-07.)