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Amendment to Pulaski Tawn Code, Administration, Division (2) Purchasing
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Adopted: March 1, 2005
Effective: March 1, 2005
TOWN OF PULASKI
ORDINANCE 2005-08
AMENDMENT TO PULASHI TOWN CODE,
ADMINISTRATION, DIVISION (2) PURCHASING
WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia has determined it to be
in the best interest of the general health and welfare of its citizens to adopt changes in the
Town Ordinance governing purchases by the Town of Pulaski and that said changes are
envisioned to promote a more cost effective and efficient purchasing system; and
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ORDAINED by the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski,
Virginia that the Pulaski Town Code Administration provisions Division (2) dealing with
purchasing policies be amended as follows:
1) § 2-155(1) of the Pulaski Town Code shall read: Purchases of $ 5,000.00
or less. Whenever any contemplated purchase or contract for goods or
services is estimated to be for a sum of $ 5,000.00 or less, the department
head of the department making the purchase may order the goods or
services as needed in accordance with the approved operating budget and
established accounting procedures. This subsection shall be subject to
competition wherever practicable; and
2) § 2-155(2)(a) of the Pulaski Town Code shall read: Whenever any
contemplated purchase or contract for goods or services is estimated to be
within the range of $ 5,001.00 - $ 15,000.00, inclusive, the department
head of the department making the purchase shall submit a purchase
requisition to the purchasing official and shall obtain an approved
purchase order prior to obligating the purchase. This subsection shall be
subject to competition wherever practicable; and
3) § 2-155(3)(a) of the Pulaski Town Code shall read: Whenever any
contemplated purchase or contract for goods or services where the
aggregate or sum of all phases is estimated to be within the range of but is
expected not to exceed $ 15,001.00 - $ 30,000, the department head of the
department making the purchase shall submit a purchase requisition to the
purchasing official and shall obtain an approved purchase order prior to
obligating the purchase. This subsection shall be subject to competition
wherever practicable; and
4) § 2-158(c) of the Pulaski Town Code shall be added as follows:
"In the event that the largest responsive bid exceeds available
funds, the Town of Pulaski reserves the right to negotiate with the
apparent low responsible bidder to obtain a reduced contract
price.' ;and
5) That § 2-158(a)(8) shall be added as follows:
"The following individuals or their designees are to be present at
the bid openings for projects that are capital in nature only:
The Town Manager, Clerk of Council, Finance Director and the
Department Head in charge of the capital project.
Nothing in § 2-158(a}(8) shall affect other non-capital purchasing
procedures."
This Ordinance is effective upon adoption and is hereby adopted this 1St day of March,
2005, by recorded vote of the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia as follows:
Jeffrey S. Worrell -Aye Lane R. Penn -Aye
Dan Talbert, Jr. -Aye John T. Bolen -Aye
Bettye H. Steger -Aye Joel B. Burchett, Jr. -Aye
Town of Pulaski, Virginia
By:
ar es L. Wade, Mayor
ATTESTED:
Patricia Cruise, Clerk of Council
~~ I, Patricia Cruise, Clerk of Council, certify that the forgoing Ordinance
2005-0$ Amendment to Pulaski Town Code, Administration, Division (2)
Purchasing is a true and correct copy as adopted by the Pulaski Town
Council at their regular meeting on March 1, 2005.
Patricia Cruise, Clerk of Council
TGcJordi~ncelcertification 2005-08