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FINANCE COMMITTEE
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Revised 5/14/92
'May 21., 1992
-MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 92101
BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE - DR. G. WILLIAM CADDELL, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: PURCHASING DIVISION - EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS FOR COUNTY SERVICES
AND MATERIALS
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD 02 CMISSIONERS
MR. CHAIRPERSON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
WHEREAS Oakland County enters into a myriad of contracts with various vendors
and contractors during the course of regular business operations; and
WHEREAS the Board of Commissioners is interested in establishing a policy which
designates the individuals who are authorized to sign contracts and commit the County
to expenditures; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners has the authority and
responsibility, under Act 139 of the Public Acts of 1973, to establish policy to be
followed by county government.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners establishes that all contracts and any related financing agreements, on
behalf of Oakland County, for the purchase of materials and services in excess of
$200 must have the approval and signature of the following:
1) the Purchasing Manager,
2) the Chief of Purchasing (in the absence of the Purchasing Manager).
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that no contract shall be a valid commitment of the
County unless signed by the above-designated officials.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution is intended to limit the number of
individuals with the authority to commit the County to the expenditure of funds and it
does not prohibit department directors, managers, etc., from signing materials or
service requisitions; nor does it prohibit them from signing contracts in addition to
the Purchasing Manager and Chief of Purchasing.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Budget Division shall approve all contracts as
to the availability of funds and that Corporation Counsel shall approve all contracts as
to legal form.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution does not interfere with the
departments or divisions with purchasing authority, as outlined in Purchasing Policies
and Procedures #PP-200, as modified by Miscellaneous Resolution #92027, dated March
5, 1992.
Mr. Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance Committee, I move the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
I HEREBY APPROVE THEAFOREGOING RESDLUTION
- Resolution # 92101 May 21, 1992
Moved by Caddell supported by Schmid the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Ferrens, Gosling, Huntoon, Jensen, Johnson, Krause, McConnell,
McCulloch, McPherson, Millard, Moffitt, Oaks, Obrecht, Olsen, Palmer, Pernick,
Price, Schmid, Serra, Skarritt, Wolf, Aaron, Bishop, Caddell, Crake. (25)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
, STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing
resolution is a true and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County
Board of Commissioners on May 21, 1992
with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County
of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 21st day af—) May 1992
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Lynni0. Allen, County Clerk