Section: 2.33.030 Specific
duties
The purchasing agent shall:
A. Purchase for the county and its offices, all supplies (except for election supplies), furnishings, materials, equipment, livestock and other personal property of whatever kind and nature. The purchasing agent may authorize the head of any department of the county government to purchase all items of personal property that the department may require, provided that in no event shall any person other than the purchasing agent be authorized to purchase any fixed asset (defined as any
item of personal property with a projected useful life exceeding one year and a purchase price equal to or exceeding two thousand dollars). Except in cases of emergency, no purchase of a fixed asset by any person other than the purchasing agent shall be binding on the county or constitute a lawful charge against any county funds;B. Rent or lease for the county and its offices, furnishings, equipment and livestock, excepting,
however, road equipment which the director of transportation is authorized by law to rent or lease;
C. Negotiate and execute in the name of the county all equipment service contracts and lease purchase
agreements of personal property;
D. Negotiate and execute in the name of the county as leasee, rentals of real property which the county may require except as otherwise provided in this code;
E. Sell, salvage, destroy, or otherwise dispose of any personal property belonging to the county which is not required for public use, and which has an estimated value of less than one thousand dollars. If such personal property has an estimated value of one thousand dollars or more, the purchasing agent may sell, salvage, destroy, or otherwise dispose of such property only if it has been found by the board of supervisors not to be required for public use. In addition to any other method of disposal authorized by this section, the purchasing agent may, when purchasing personal property, accept advantageous trade-in allowances for such property not required for public use;
F. Engage independent contractors to perform sundry services for the county and its offices thereof with or without the furnishings of material within the monetary limits specified in Section 25502.3 of the Government Code as hereafter amended; provided, however, this does not apply to contracts to print legal briefs or legal notices, contracts for court reporters' services or transcribers, contracts for election supplies, contracts for expert services to be rendered to the offices of county counsel, district attorney or sheriff, contracts for consultant or other experts employed directly by the board of supervisors, or contracts for other services which by law some other officer or body is specifically charged with obtaining;
G. Contract on behalf of the county, and county officer or department, or any district or court of the county for special services as permitted by Government Code Section 31000 within the monetary limits specified in Government Code Section 25502.3 as hereafter amended;
H. Authorize a department head to acquire by informal competitive bidding, supplies, (except for election supplies), equipment, furnishings, livestock, and other personal property where it is determined the expenditure will not exceed ten thousand dollars for a class of commodities normally obtained from the same source of supply. Any expenditure that will exceed ten thousand dollars shall be authorized by the purchasing agent (purchase order);
I. When specifically authorized by law, sell or dispose of personal property of any special district and pay the proceeds thereof into the treasury of the district, or if any exchange or trade is made, return the proceeds to the special district;
J. Originate and prepare at time of purchase or other acquisition by the county, records, on approved form, of equipment items subject to inventory and shall forward records to such department as the board of supervisors shall designate to maintain physical inventory records. Such reports shall specifically show description, value, and location of the various items;
K. Perform such other services as the board of supervisors may from time to time require;
L. Engage independent contractors to perform work upon the county roads, with or without the furnishing of materials, within the monetary limits specified in Section 20394 of the California Public Contracts Code as amended from time to time.
M. Dispose of personal property found, saved, or abandoned on property owned by or subject to the possession of Del Norte County, provided that such unclaimed property has first been held by Del Norte County for a period of at least three months. Such property may be sold in the manner provided by Article 7 (commencing with section 25500) of Chapter 5 part 2 of Division 2 of Title 3 of the Government Code, and Subdivision E of this section, as the same may be amended from time to time, pertaining to the sale of surplus personal property. Such found, saved, or abandoned property may be determined by the Board of Supervisors to be needed for a public use, in which case the property shall be retained and not sold.
(Ord. 2005-09 § 2 (part), 2005; Ord. 2005-01 § 2 (part), 2005; Ord. 2002-003: 2000-008 §§ 43, 44, 69, 2000; Ord. 82-06 § 1 (part), 1982.)