The procedures below shall be adhered to for the following purchases.
(A) Purchases of the following types may be made only upon approval by the County Board, or the applicable Internal Control Officer, and direction to the Auditor to issue a purchase order, provided that sufficient monies have been appropriated by the County Board:
(1) Purchases of more than $30,000 involving data processing equipment, software or services, and telecommunications and inter-connect equipment, software, or services; and
(2) Purchases of professional services of more than $30,000 and not covered by qualifications- based selection requirements.
(B) Purchases of the following types of more than $30,000 may be made only upon County Board approval and direction to the Auditor to issue a purchase order, provided that sufficient monies have been appropriated by the County Board. Internal Control Officers may approve these types of purchases if sufficient monies have been appropriated:
(1) Contracts with the federal government;
(2) Purchases of used equipment;
(3) Purchases at auction; and
(4) Transactions which by their nature are not suitable to competitive bids.
(Prior Code, 1 TCC 2-5)