CHAPTER 6
PURCHASING AUTHORITY
ARTICLE 3. SPECIAL PROCEDURES
SECTION:
§1533: Surplus Supplies And Equipment
§1530 EMERGENCY PURCHASES
A. By Agent: In case of an apparent emergency which requires immediate purchase of supplies or contractual services, the City Manager shall be empowered to authorize the Purchasing Officer to secure by open market procedure as herein set forth, at the lowest obtainable price, any supplies or contractual services regardless of the amount of the expenditure.
1. Recorded Explanation: A full report of the circumstances of an emergency purchase shall be filed by the Purchasing Officer with the City Council and shall be entered in the minutes of the Council and shall be open to public inspection.
B. By Head of Departments: In case of actual emergency and with the consent of the Purchasing Officer, and the approval of the City Manager, the department head may purchase directly any supplies whose immediate procurement is essential to prevent delays in the work of such department which may vitally affect the life, health or convenience of citizens.
1. Recorded Explanation: The head of such department shall send to the Purchasing Officer a requisition and a copy of the delivery record together with a full written report of the circumstances of the emergency. The report shall be filed with the Council as provided in subsection A1 above.
2. Emergency Procedure: The Purchasing Officer shall prescribe by rules and regulations the procedure under which emergency purchases by heads of departments may be made. (Ord. 667, §2, adopted 1975)
§1531 COOPERATIVE PURCHASING
The Purchasing Officer shall have the authority to join with other units of government in cooperative purchasing plans when the best interests of the City would be served thereby. (Ord. 667, §2, adopted 1975)
§1532 INSPECTION AND TESTING
The Purchasing Officer shall inspect supplies and equipment delivered to determine their conformance with the specifications set forth in the order. The Purchasing Officer shall have authority to require chemical and physical tests of samples submitted with bids and samples of deliveries which are necessary to determine their quality and conformance with specifications. (Ord. 667, §2, adopted 1975)
§1533 SURPLUS SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT
All departments shall submit to the Purchasing Officer, at such times and in such forms as he shall prescribe, reports showing all supplies and equipment which are no longer used or which have become obsolete or worn out. The Purchasing Officer shall have authority to exchange for or trade in on new supplies and equipment all supplies and equipment which cannot be used by any agency or which have become unsuitable for City use. The Purchasing Officer shall have the authority to dispose of surplus property by solicitation of bids or by public auction. (Ord. 667, §2, adopted 1975)
§1534 SEVERABILITY
If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the entire ordinance or any of the remaining portions thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance, and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause and phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid. (Ord. 667, §2, adopted 1975)