§ 1108-2.220. Purchasing agent—Emergency purchases.

Emergency purchases may be made by any person or official authorized to sign requisitions when the purchasing agent or any of his assistants in the purchasing department who are authorized to make purchases are not immediately available and when the item or items purchased are immediately necessary for the continued operation of the office or department involved or are immediately necessary for the preservation of life or property. Emergency purchases shall be subsequently approved and confirmed by the purchasing agent; or, if he refuses to confirm, the board of supervisors may subsequently approve and confirm the purchase by a four-fifths vote of the whole board. Unless purchases are approved and confirmed either by the purchasing agent or by the board of supervisors, the cost shall not constitute a legal charge against the county.

(Prior code § 2503; Ord. 1212).