Skip to main content
Loading…
This section is included in your selections.

No purchases as described in Section 245-2 shall be made by any County officer or department head without a purchase order or other written authority first obtained from the Purchasing Agent, except the following: (Ord. 2456, § 1, 8/23/2011)

(a) Election supplies necessary for election day procedures pursuant to Election Code Sections 13000 through 13006, 14100 and 14105; (Ord. 2456, § 1, 8/23/2011)

(b) Legal brief printing; transcripts and the like; (Ord. 2456, § 1, 8/23/2011)

(c) Road equipment rental that the County Road Commissioner-Public Works Director is authorized by law to rent pursuant to Streets and Highways Code Section 2009; (Ord. 2456, § 1, 8/23/2011)

(d) Subscriptions to publications, conference and training registration fees; (Ord. 2456, § 1, 8/23/2011)

(e) Public utility services and supplies including telephone or telecommunications services obtained through the County Communications Division of the County Administrative Office; (Ord. 2456, § 1, 8/23/2011)

(f) Common carrier transportation including freight carriers and delivery services; (Ord. 2456, § 1, 8/23/2011)

(g) Ordinary travel expense items; (Ord. 2456, § 1, 8/23/2011)

(h) Small value purchases of goods/materials not to exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000.00). Emphasis shall be made to provide local vendors the opportunity to participate in the competitive procurement process and to be considered for small value purchases; (Ord. 2456, § 1, 8/23/2011)

(i) Emergency purchases of supplies, which shall be limited to those immediately necessary for protection from substantial hazard to life or property, or occasions when the Purchasing Agent or his/her designee is not accessible and the need is unforeseeable and immediate for continued operation of a County function. Every emergency purchase shall be promptly reported to the Purchasing Agent with the facts constituting the emergency. Emergency purchases shall be subsequently approved and confirmed by the Purchasing Agent. If the Purchasing Agent refuses to confirm, the Board of Supervisors may subsequently approve and confirm the purchase. Unless purchases are approved and confirmed either by the Purchasing Agent or the Board of Supervisors, the cost is not a legal charge against the County. (Ord. 681, § 3, 7/1/1969; Ord. 2456, § 1, 8/23/2011)

(j) Professional memberships; (Ord. 2456, § 1, 8/23/2011)

(k) Items exempt by law or by specific order by the Board of Supervisors. (Ord. 2643, § 1 (Att. 1), 6/2/2020)