All purchase estimated to be in excess of $100 shall be made
by the Town Manager and/or other person designated by the Mayor and
Council on a written purchase order form. Prior to making any such
purchase, the Town Manager shall obtain verification of the availability
of appropriated funds for the purchase and that funds have been budgeted
for the amount of the estimated purchase. The Town Manager will also
verify that these purchases are consistent with the needs of the Town
and annual budget requirements.
The Town Manager may establish administrative simplified procedures for the purchase by department managers of supplies and services to support their departments' daily needs if the cost of supplies and/or services is less than $100. Such procedures may provide for the authorizing of such purchases to be made at the departmental level without prior approval of the Town Manager. Whenever purchases are authorized at the department level, it shall be the responsibility of the authorizing individual to ascertain that the purchase made shall not exceed the balance remaining of an appropriated fund and that the purchase is made in compliance with §
87-3.
If any provision of this chapter shall be deemed by a court
of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the remainder of the chapter
shall remain in full force and effect.
The effective date of this chapter is October 6, 1995.