2013-03-04 - Ordinance 2013-014 - AMENDING CHAPTER 2.08, VILLAGE MANAGER0
2/27/2013
ORDINANCE NO. 2013 -14
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2.08, VILLAGE MANAGER
WHEREAS, the Village of Buffalo Grove is a Home Rule Unit pursuant to the Illinois
Constitution of 1970.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD
OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, COOK AND LAKE
COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, as follows:
Section L The Village of Buffalo Grove Municipal Code, as amended, is further amended in
Subsection I of Section 2.08.040, "Duties" in its entirety in the manner and form shown by
deleting in crossed out bold type and inserting therein such new text in the manner and form
and shown in underlined bold type below, so that said Subsection I of Section 2.08.040, shall
hereafter provide as follows:
2.08.040 Duties
I. Purchase all materials, supplies, equipment, personal services and contracts for which
funds are provided in the budget, but no item or personal service which exceeds any budget
appropriation may be purchased. Except for professional services, for a purchase of more than
twenty thousand dollars, the Village Manager shall be required to obtain bids and such bids shall
be presented to the Corporate Authorities for approval or rejection. Professional services include,
but are not limited to, Accounting, Auditing, Financial, Recruitment, Employment, Procurement,
Information Technology, Legal, Land Survey, Architectural and Engineering services. The
Village Manager may purchase fuel on a recurring basis without the formal solicitation of bids.
For any public improvement which will exceed twenty thousand dollars, which is not to be paid
for in whole or in part by a special assessment or special tax, the Village Manager shall be
required to obtain bids and such bids shall be presented to the Corporate Authorities for
approval or rejection. Bids may be obtained by the Village Manager pursuant to the Illinois
Governmental Joint Purchasing Act. (30 ILCS 525/0.01). The Village Manager shall make
recommendations to the Corporate Authorities with respect to all bids. The Village Manager may
issue rules and regulations governing requisitions and the transaction of the business of the
purchasing agent and the heads of departments, officers and employees of the Village. In case of
circumstances creating an emergency, the Village Manager may, without prior consent of the
Corporate Authorities, award contracts and make purchases for the purpose of meeting the
emergency; but shall promptly file with the Corporate Authorities a report of such emergency
and the necessity of such action, together with an itemized account of all such expenditures. If
authorized by a vote of two - thirds of all the Trustees then holding office, the bid requirements in
this section may be waived;
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Section 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and in effect from and after its passage, approval
and publication.
AYES: Berman, Trilling, Sussman, Terson, Stein, Ottenheimer
NAYES: 0 - None
ABSENT: 0 - None
PASSED: March 4, 2013
APPROVED: March 4, 2013
PUBLISHED: March 5, 2013
Annroved:
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