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? BY.• MAYOR IDWARD BOYLE 0 CIL'Y OF 11OR771 OLMSTF.n ORDINANCE NO. 90-138 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A PROCEDURE TO IMPLEMENT A JOINT PURCHASING PROGRAM IN COOPERATION WITH THE WESTSHORE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, by Charter provision, Section 6 of Article VIII, the City is generally permitted to expend funds without public bidding for goods and services in an amount not exceeding Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00); and WHEREAS, by virtue of the aforesaid section, general expenditures in excess of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) require public bidding and final approval of the Board of Control before said amount may be expended; and WHEREAS, contained in Article VIII, Section 6 of the Charter is an exception to public bidding by the City when purchases of goods or services consist of the "...exercise of power with other political subdivision..."; and WYLEREAS, in order to benefit in a program of quantity buying at a lower cost it is the desire of this City to participate in the Westshore Council of Governments Purchasing Program. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINID BY 771E COUNCIL OF TlIE CTIY OF NORTH OLMSTID, CUYAHOGA COUNTYAND STATE OF OHIO: SEGTION 1: That this Council does hereby establish and authorize the administra- tion to participate in a purchasing program with the Westshore Council of Governments whereby the Westshore Council of Governments shall issue invitations to bid which sha11 be in accordance with bid documents and specifications as determined by the properly designated official of said Council of Governments. The subject of the invitation to bid may be any goods or services which the City is permitted to purchase on its own. SEC170N 2: That whenever it is determined that the City requires goods, materi- als or services, the estimated cost of which exceeds the amount specified in Section 6 of Article VIII of the Charter requiring public bidding, the Director of Public Service shall present said request to the Board of Control. In presenting said request, said director shall satisfy the Board of Control that funds have been appropriated for said goods, mate- rial or services and that the purchase of same can be accomplished at a lesser price udliz- ing the purchase services of the Council of Government. If by a majority vote of the Board of Control, it is determined that it is in the best interest of the City to utilize the purchas- ing services of the Council of Governments, the appropriate director shall make applica- tion to the Council of Governments for the subject goods, material or services. Such an application shall constitute an agreement to bind the City of North Olmsted with respect to the conditions of the Westshore Council of Governments in the collective procurement