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V Alb <br /> mr, <br /> Department of Purchasing and Central Services <br /> A. Mission of the Department . <br /> The Department of Purchasing and Central Services is responsible <br /> for purchasing goods and services for all county departments and <br /> provides a variety of central services to support the operations of <br /> these departments . <br /> B. Functional Organiztion to Accomplish Mission <br /> • The Department is divided into two divisions : purchasing and <br /> central services . <br /> Purchasing has the responsibility, for processing all departmental <br /> requests for goods and services including the solicitation of competi- <br /> tive prices . In addition, this division maintains control of fixed <br /> assets , manages the County' s insurance program and has responsibility <br /> for contract administration. <br /> Central Services operates the telephone system, duplicating <br /> system, courier service and central services . <br /> C. Community Conditions Affeeting the Need for Services Rendered <br /> Community conditions do not directly affect the operations of <br /> the Department . However , as public demand for government services <br /> increase, - the growth of county agencies to meet this demand in- <br /> creases the need for central service support to these agencies . <br /> D. Fiscal 1984-85 Objectives <br /> The objectives that have been or are to be pursued this fiscal <br /> year are: <br /> 1 . solicitation of annual contracts for the purchase of <br /> petroleum products , and the maintenance of heating <br /> and air-conditioning systems . <br /> 2. installation of additional telephone lines to improve <br /> public access to county/ agencies . <br /> 3. conduct a county auction to dispose of surplus property <br /> 4. expand the availability of items in central store's . <br /> E. Plan for Upcoming Fiscal Year <br /> Maintenance of current service levels . <br /> • <br />