HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_0961 (2)Except in emergencies no notice of award of contract pursuant to this article shall be issued,
no contract shall be signed, and no open market purchase order shall be issued, until the
purchasing agent shall have certified that the unexpended balance in the appropriation or
appropriation concerned is sufficient to defray the amount of such contract or purchase order.
(Ord. of 8-5-75, § IX)
State law references: Emergency purchases by state, G.S. § 143-57.
Sec. 2-36. Unlawful purchases.
(a) If any agency purchases or contracts for any supplies, materials, equipment or
contractual services contrary to the provisions of this article, such purchase order or contract
shall be void and of no effect, unless thereafter ratified by the person or body required by this
article to approve such purchase or contract. The head of the agency approving the making of
such purchase transaction shall be personally liable for the amount of such purchase order or
contract, and, if already paid for out of county funds, the amount thereof may be recovered in
the name of the county in an appropriate action therefore.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any agency to split its requirements for supplies, materials,
equipment and contractual services into estimmed-lesser amounts of less dm five theasimil
dollars ($~5;090:88) in order to evade the provisions of section 2-33.
(Ord. of 8-5-75, § X; Mo. of 1-5-82; Res. of 10-4-88)
State law references: Unlawful use of state purchase or contract procedures for private
benefit, G.S. § 143-58.1.
Sec. 2-37. Surplus, obsolete and waste commodities.
(a) All agencies shall submit to the purchasing agent, at such times and in such form as he
shall prescribe, reports showing stocks of all supplies, materials and equipment that are no
longer used or that have become obsolete, worn out or scrapped. The purchasing agent shall
have authority to transfer any such commodities that are usable to another or other agencies in
lieu of filling requisitions for the purchase of new and additional stock of the same or similar
articles.
(b) The purchasing agent shall make a written description and estimate of the value of any
surplus items not usable by any county agency or not required for public use. The purchasing
agent shall have authority to sell all such supplies, materials and equipment that cannot be
used by any agency or that have been found by him not to be required for public use; or to
exchange or trade in such articles in part of-ftdl payment for new supplies, materials or
equipment of a similar nature.
(Ord. of 8-5-75, § XI)
(c) Declaration, Sale and di§Wsition of Surplus Property Valued at $30,000 or less.
(1) The PurchasingARent is authorized to declare as surplus personal property owned
by Iredell County and valued at less than $30,000. to set its fair market value, to
sell it or exchange it for a comparable item. and to convey title to the property on
behalf of the County.
(2) Upon declaring as surplus personal property owned by the County and setting its
fair market value the Purchasing_ARent may initiate Proceedings for the sale or
exchange of pMRq t by app+ means prescribed in NC General Statute and may
convey title to the oronem+ for the County. The Purchasing Agent is not required
to publish notice and the sale or exchange may be either public or private.
(3) The Purchasing Agent shall keep a mord of all property sold under this section
and that record shall generally describe the propM sold or exchanged to whom it
was sold or with whom exchanged and the amount of money or other
consideration received for each sale or exchange.
(4) The Purchasing Agent is authorized to property discard as waste surplus personal
proM under this section that is deemed unusable unsuitable for sale, dangerous
to the Qublic or when the sale of such could present a liability to the County.
(d ) Sale to EMIgyees Prohibited Except at Public Auction.
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