2.28.030 Purchasing agent.
The purchasing agent shall be responsible for all purchases of equipment, goods, or services required by the City. It is the duty of the purchasing agent and all city employees to engage in purchasing in a manner which is honest, transparent, and which provides the most advantageous terms to the City. All city department heads shall transmit their written purchasing requests to the purchasing agent for review and approval.
A. The purchasing agent shall evaluate all requests for expenditures to determine if: (1) sums requested have been budgeted; (2) procurement processes have been followed; (3) contract provisions have been performed; and (4) city expenditures have been properly coded using expense accounting procedures.
B. The purchasing agent will confer with the City Manager and department heads with respect to the development of requests for proposals (RFPs) where necessary as part of the procurement process.
C. The purchasing agent shall verify that parties awarded contracts under this chapter possess all required licenses and permits (e.g., engineering, construction trades licensing, building permits, or the like) needed to perform the specified tasks. (Ord. 18-03 (part), 2018)