Number
151594
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. COGGS
Title
A charter ordinance relating to changing the name of the business operations division in the department of administration to the purchasing division.
Sections
16-05-1-a am
Analysis
This charter ordinance changes the name of the business operations division in the department of administration to the purchasing division.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 16-05-1-a of the charter is amended to read:
16-05. Purchasing by Purchasing Director.
1. DUTIES, POWERS.
a. Authority to purchase. There is created a [[division of business operations]] >>purchasing division << in the department of administration. The division shall be under the direction and control of the city purchasing director, except as provided in s. 16-07, who shall be subject to the direction and control of the director of administration. The city purchasing director shall have full power, subject to s. 16-02, to purchase or to provide for the purchase of all materials, supplies, equipment and services for the use of all user agencies, including those funded through such special purpose accounts as the common council may indicate, except when otherwise specifically provided by local or state law. Purchases shall be made upon requisition by the proper officials of user agencies from funds provided by the common council, provided that nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the city purchasing director from making purchases or contracts in anticipation of the needs of user agencies or from maintaining store of commodities in anticipation of needs.
Part 2. This is a charter ordinance and shall take effect 60 days after its passage and publication, unless within 60 days a referendum petition is filed as provided in s. 66.0101(5), Wis. Stats., in which event this ordinance shall not take effect until submitted to a referendum and approved by a major...
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