[Amended 2-23-2017 by L.L. No. 1-2017]
There is hereby created and established in and for the City of Albany a Purchasing Division within the Department of Administrative Services (Part
6 of this chapter) which shall consist of a Director of Purchasing and such assistants as may be authorized by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment.
[Amended 2-23-2017 by L.L. No. 1-2017]
The Director and the assistants or employees
of the Division shall be appointed by and removable at the pleasure
of the Commissioner of the Department of Administrative Services.
[Amended 2-23-2017 by L.L. No. 1-2017]
Under the direction of the Commissioner, the
Director shall purchase and be responsible for the proper receipt
of all materials and supplies purchased without the requirements of
competitive bidding for all departments, boards, bureaus and offices
of the City of Albany.
The Board of Contract and Supply shall make
rules and regulations, not inconsistent with General Laws, the Charter
of the City of Albany or the Code of the City of Albany, which shall
prescribe procedure, conditions, methods and practices that shall
prevail in regard to all purchases of materials and supplies by the
Purchasing Division, and all departments, boards, bureaus and offices
of the City for which supplies are purchased shall obey and comply
with such rules and regulations.
The Purchasing Division may sell, under the
direction of the Board of Contract and Supply, all property, real
and personal, of the City not needed for public use and authorized
to be sold.
[Amended 2-23-2017 by L.L. No. 1-2017]
The Director shall, within 10 days after appointment,
execute a bond to the City of Albany, to be approved by the Mayor,
in the sum of $5,000 for the faithful performance of the duties of
his or her office and for a due accounting of all property that may
come under his or her care, custody and control.