[Adopted 10-5-1978 by Ord. No. 2335 as §§ 3-12 to 3-13 of the 1978 Revised General Ordinances; amended in its entirety 11-16-1982 by Ord. No. 82-45]
A. 
Subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs, where required, the City of Englewood is hereby authorized to enter into joint or cooperative purchasing and interlocal services agreements with the State of New Jersey, the County of Bergen, the counties adjoining Bergen County, and any municipality or other public contracting unit within the County of Bergen or adjoining counties for the purchase of work, materials and supplies or the providing of services.
B. 
The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute, and the City Clerk to attest, on behalf of the City, all such contracts with the aforesaid public contracting units as may be authorized and approved by resolution of the Council.
C. 
Any such resolution shall set forth the categories of work, materials and supplies to be purchased or the services to be provided, the manner of advertising for bids and of awarding of contracts, the method of payment by each participating contracting unit, the estimated cost of such purchases or services, the duration of the contract and such other matters required by law or deemed appropriate by the Council.
D. 
Nothing herein contained shall require the City to make any purchase or enter into any obligation or to prevent it from awarding contracts or purchases on its own behalf.
E. 
To assist and facilitate the Council in determining whether or not to authorize by resolution the entering into of such contracts, the City Manager and/or the purchasing agent of the City shall make recommendations to the Council with respect to each such contract or category of work, materials, supplies or services.
A. 
All joint or cooperative purchasing or interlocal services agreements heretofore authorized by the Council by ordinance or resolution are hereby ratified and confirmed.
B. 
Specifically, but not by way of limitations, agreements with the following contracting units are hereby authorized:
Contracting Unit
Description
County of Bergen
Cooperative Purchasing Council
County of Bergen
Snowplowing
Township of Teaneck
Animal Control Officers
Borough of Tenafly
Computer services
Borough of Englewood Cliffs
Library facilities