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• <br />~ iV <br />~'~ <br />`~~ <br />I~ <br />~~ <br />,^ <br />~~ ~ r/ <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />1 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~-~ <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: OCTOBER 3, 1988 <br />SUBJECT: <br />CONTRACT APPROVAL PROC~EDUR.ES <br />-~._ - <br />DEPARTMENT: MANAGERS PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: XX <br />---------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: MANAGERS <br />OFFICE <br />Telephone Number- <br />Hillsborough -732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill -967=9251 <br />Mebane -227-2031 <br />----Durham----------_588-7331 <br />------------------------------------- ----------- <br />PURPOSE: To consider authorizing the County Manager approve certain <br />contracts on behalf of Orange County; and to formally state <br />the Purchasing Directors authority to approve certain purchases. <br />BACKGROUND: Following an administrative review of my first six months <br />as Orange County Manager I would request that the Manager <br />be delegated authority to approve contracts on behalf of the County in <br />an amount not to exceed X5,000. Examples of contracts falling into <br />~~his category would include, but not be limited to, selected recreation <br />agreements, such as with basketball officials; personnel training <br />contracts, such as for facilitators of the goal setting sessions; and <br />certain inter-governmental agreements such as providing the Clerk of <br />Court with a terminal and port on the County's mainframe thereby <br />providing access to certain records. It is further requested that the <br />Manager be authorized to approve contracts and vendor agreements for <br />Health and Social Services Departments. The vendor agreements are <br />iniritated by the State and are used by all North Carolina counties. <br />They include, but are not limited to: psycological services for <br />children; in home chore providers; specialized foster care for children <br />and utility assistance payments. <br />In addition, I would ask <br />pprove purchases be set <br />~or apparatus, supplies, <br />epairs/renovations; and <br />authorized to enter into <br />such as typewriters, tel <br />that the Purchasing Director's authority to <br />for an amount not to exceed $20,000 for <br />equipment, and construction <br />that the Purchasing Director also be <br />contracts for maintenance on County equipment, <br />ephone equipment, radio equipment, etc. <br />