HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 7, Page 810, No Ordinance NumberAN ORDII ANC (CREATING 'THE OFFICE OF 1URCHASINd LGA:" POR THE
01-PY OF PADUCAH, I{F.N^1U\\CLY, PRE15CRIBING TF-. DUTIES OF SIXIE, Al'-) THE ]!�AN-
iFPi2 IN THICH SUPPLIES z D NQUIPI:IENT SHALI, BE PURCFASi'D FOR 5:210 CITY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF 001,1.4ISSION.MS OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, K.L:NTUCKY:
SECTION 1.
The Commissioner of Public Property shall be the Purchasing
Arent for the City of Paducah, Kentucky; anl, as such APent, shall
purchase all supplies for the City. Each Commissioner, when in need
of supplies to be used in his Department, shall file with said Purchas-
ing, Ac'erit an itemized statement of the supplies so needed. It shall
be the duty of the Purchasing AP.-ent, after said statement � filed with
him, to purchase said supplies ns quickly as possible, and for the low-
est and best price obtainable.
Said Purchasinp Agent shall keep in his office a Requisition
Book, and shall issue requisitions for all City supplies so purchased
by him, and all requisitions must be sicned by the Purchasinc Agent,
and all bills for supplies, so purchased, shall be approved by him.
SECTION 2.
The rurchasing Aq(,nt shall file with the Board of Commissioner
on the first of each and every month, a :aritten statement, showino- the
supplies so purchased by him and the amount paid therefor, and the de-
partments to which same are to be charged.
S'M TO1T 3.
�;ach Commissioner, -:alien in need of equipment for his depart-
ment, shall file aith the Purchasinc A,zent a :written statement, showing
the kind aryl character of equipment so needed, r.nl after such statement
has been filed, it shall be the luty of the Furchasiwz Argent to purchad
all eouipment to be used by sr:id 0ity, but before he purchases any
egidpment, he shall report to the Board of Commissioners the kind of
equipment to be purcha.-iel, ^.nd the i`rice to be paid therefor, together
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kith his recommendation. The Board of Commissioners shall pass upon the
report filed by the Furchasina Arent, and shall au.thorize and direct said
Purchasing Agent to purchase whatever equipment- is necessary to be used by
each of the departments of the City, and the prices to be paid therefor.
SECTION 4.
The Purchasinm Agent shall not, at any time, be permitted to pur-
chase supplies in excess of One Thousand (''41,000.00) Dollars, except as
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provided by ordinance.
SECTTON 5.
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This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its
passage, record and publication.
RECORDED FEBRUARY 151H 19222
TUBIISHM �� ?1 ' 1922.
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