(A) A Purchasing Agency is adopted for the town and shall have all the powers and duties authorized under IC 5-22.
(1) The Purchasing Agency shall act as the purchasing agency for every agency, board, office, branch, bureau, commission, council, or other establishment of the town.
(2) The Purchasing Agency may designate in writing an employee of the Town of Whiteland as a Purchasing Agent.
(B) Supplies manufactured in the United States shall be specified for all town purchases unless the town determines that:
(1) The supplies are not manufactured in the United States in reasonably available quantities;
(2) The prices of the supplies manufactured in the United States exceeds by an unreasonable amount the price of available and comparable supplies manufactured elsewhere;
(3) The purchase of supplies manufactured in the United States is not in the public interest.
(C) (1) Purchasing Agent. The Town Council as the Purchasing Agency designates the Town Manager to act as the Purchasing Agent for the Agency.
(2) Powers and duties. The Purchasing Agent shall have the power to handle all administrative matters of the Purchasing Agency. However, only the Purchasing Agency shall have the power to accept a bid and award the contract.
(Ord. 98-4, passed 6-8-98, Ord. 98-5, passed 6-8-98; Am. Res. 2005-04, passed 12-12-05)