Within the limits of available appropriations, the County Executive is authorized to negotiate contracts and other legally binding obligations of the County for approval by the Board. Any such document shall be signed by the County Executive, attested by the Clerk of the Board and approved by the County Counsel, or his/her designee, for legal form and sufficiency.
Where contracts other than for improvements are let by public competitive bidding, the County Executive or his/her authorized representative, designated by him/her in writing prior to the opening of bids, shall act as the County's contracting agent for purposes of the Local Public Contracts Law. He/she shall award such contracts in the manner provided by law and shall report to the Board at its next meeting all such bids and awards. All proposed contracts for improvements shall be submitted to the Board for its approval prior to their execution.
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All purchases of any supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services, other than professional services, for any subdivision of County government shall be made by the County Purchasing Agent in the Division of Purchasing, in the Department of Finance and Administration, pursuant to a written requisition from the head of the department whose appropriation will be charged, or his/her designee, and the certification of the Director of the Department of Finance and Administration or his/her designee that a sufficient unencumbered balance of appropriation is available to pay therefor. All such purchases which require competitive bidding shall conform with applicable requirements of the Local Public Contracts Law.
B. 
The Director of each department shall designate by writing filed with the Division of Purchasing the name or names of employees in the department authorized to receive supplies, materials and equipment. The designated personnel shall accept deliveries and sign for them only where the goods are in conformity with the order. Should there be any doubt as to quantity or quality, the receiving employee shall immediately notify the department head for appropriate action. If any supplies, materials or equipment are rejected, the department head shall immediately notify the Purchasing Agent in writing.
C. 
Except in case of emergency, no purchase shall be made and no bill, claim or voucher shall be approved unless the procedures prescribed by or pursuant to the code have been followed.
The County Executive shall establish a procedure for the purchase of any item or items required for the immediate protection of the public health, safety or welfare which will permit such emergency purchases to be made for specific purposes.
Where purchases in excess of the amount specified in N.J.S.A. 40A:11-6.1 for items which in the aggregate do not exceed the amount specified in N.J.S.A. 40A:11-3 in any one year are made without competitive bidding, the Purchasing Agent shall obtain, wherever possible, at least three informal price quotations for the item or items to be purchased and shall record and maintain such quotations in his/her office as a public record. Wherever circumstances permit, the purchase shall be made from the lowest of such quotations received from a responsible supplier.
The Purchasing Agent shall establish or approve uniform standards for requisitions and purchases. The Division of Purchasing, in the Department of Finance and Administration, shall control the delivery of all supplies, materials and equipment and other items purchased and shall make or cause to be made proper test checks and inspections thereof. The division shall ascertain whether the said supplies, materials, equipment and other items purchased comply with the specifications and shall cause laboratory and other tests to be made whenever, in the opinion of the Purchasing Agent, it is necessary to determine whether the materials, supplies or equipment furnished are of the quality and standard required.
Immediately following each accepted delivery, the authorized department representative shall forward to the Purchasing Agent the accepted shipping invoice, advice, ticket or confirmation.
All contractors providing food service workers, janitorial workers, health service workers and unarmed security guards to the County of Hudson shall, with respect to employees who work at least 20 hours per week, provide the following minimum salary and benefits:
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An hourly rate of pay of 150% of the federal minimum wage that is in effect at the time that the contract is bid or renewed or proposals received; and
B. 
An annual paid vacation of five days after 12 months of employment; and
C. 
Medical benefits, at the employer's expense, for each employee within 60 days of hiring said employee.
A. 
Pursuant to the provision of Article XXII, Contracts and Purchases, the following minimum pay and benefit requirements must be complied with by vendors, contractors, and subcontractors who provide service workers by contract to the County of Hudson. For purposes relating to this section, a "service worker" is identified as an individual who provides services, as the term is commonly understood, as opposed to providing goods and/or commodities.
B. 
For the purpose of this section, and to conform to the County of Hudson personnel practices, a service worker is a covered employee if he/she has worked 20 hours or more per week in the preceding 60 days. In the event that a covered employee works less than 20 hours per week for a thirty-day period, he/she shall be provided with notice of benefit termination to take effect 30 days thereafter. If the service worker, recommences working 20 hours or more during the thirty-day notice-of-termination period, his/her benefits shall resume.
C. 
Such service workers who work at least 20 hours per week at various County of Hudson worksites under contract shall receive the following minimum pay and benefits:
(1) 
An hourly rate of pay of 150% of the federal minimum wage at the time the contract is bid or renewed or proposals received; and
(2) 
An annual paid vacation of five days after 12 months of employment.
(3) 
Medical benefits shall be provided by the employer at the employer's expense for each employee within 60 days of hiring. At a minimum the benefits provided shall be basic medical insurance coverage which shall include a hospital indemnity benefit and a doctor's office indemnity benefit.
D. 
The terms and conditions of this section shall be prospective only and shall not apply to any contract authorized prior to the effective date of this section, nor shall this section apply during the period of any contract renewal included in a contract authorized prior to the effective date of this section.
E. 
Compliance with the requirements of this section shall be waived for any vendor, contractor and subcontractor currently under contract with the County if the section provisions vary with the terms of an existing bona fide collective bargaining agreement in place at the date of the enactment of this section, provided that all parties to the existing bona fide collective bargaining agreement in place at the date of the enactment of this section agree to a waiver of the application of this section. However, upon expiration of the term of the collective bargaining agreement, all provisions of this section shall apply.