File #: 22-1003    Name: CPO Signing Authority Increase
Type: General Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: 10/19/2022 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 10/25/2022 Final action: 10/25/2022
Title: Introduce, waive reading, and set November 8, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. as the date and time to consider adoption of an ordinance amending Paragraph F of Section 2.32.030 of the Monterey County Code to authorize the Purchasing Agent to engage independent contractors to perform services for the County and the offices thereof. (REVISED VIA SUPPLEMENTAL)
Attachments: 1. Board Report, 2. GOV_25502.5.pdf, 3. 2.32.030___Specific_duties.pdf, 4. Ordinance_Sec. 2.32.030 (clean-signed).pdf, 5. Ordinance_Sec. 2.32.030 (redline).pdf, 6. Completed Board Order Item No. 36
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Introduce, waive reading, and set November 8, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. as the date and time to consider adoption of an ordinance amending Paragraph F of Section 2.32.030 of the Monterey County Code to authorize the Purchasing Agent to engage independent contractors to perform services for the County and the offices thereof. (REVISED VIA SUPPLEMENTAL)
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Introduce, waive reading, and set November 8, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. as the date and time to consider adoption of an ordinance amending Paragraph F of Section 2.32.030 of the Monterey County Code to authorize the Purchasing Agent to engage independent contractors to perform services for the County and the offices thereof.

SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
California Government Code Sections 25500-25509 authorized the Board of Supervisors to employ a Purchasing Agent and such assistants as are necessary to properly fulfill the duties of the position. Effective in 2019, California Government Code Section 25502.5 amendment permits counties having a population of 200,000 or more for the County's Board of Supervisors a) to authorize the purchasing agent to engage independent contractors to perform services for the County or County Officers, with or without furnishing materials, when the annual aggregate cost does not exceed two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000); and, b) to establish rules and regulations to effectuate the purpose of this section.
On May 15, 2007, the Board of Supervisors approved to amend Paragraph F of Section 2.32.030 of the Monterey County Code to increase the signature authority of the Purchasing Agent to engage independent contractors to perform services for the County and the offices thereof, with or without the furnishing of material, where the aggregate cost does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00). Approval of this ordinance would increase the amount to two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000).
The County Administr...

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