Oxnard-- The Finance & Governance Committee, Tuesday, April 12, updated its existing procurement ordinance to leverage its centralized purchasing and electronic cross-functional approval process.
Assistant Chief Financial Officer Mark Sewell presented the item to the committee and said the approval amends the approval authority within the ordinance to align with municipal best practices and new, modern system functionality.
The city is preparing to launch its Core Financial phase with Tyler-Munis.
The city adopted its procurement ordinance on June 19, 2018, and it defined the roles of all the city’s procurement processes.
“As a result of the city’s multi-year investment in a new ERP system, the changes amend the purchasing agent’s approval authority for annual dollar amendment per vendor from $100,000 to zero, amends city department manager authority for an annual dollar limit per vendor from zero to $50,000, and amends the city department director approval authority from $5,000 to $100,000 per vendor,” he said.
The changes are recommended for approval authority for all contracts, purchase orders, change orders, and task orders, other than for real property, which remains the same.
“The recommendation to transfer the $100,000 approval authority from the purchasing agent within the finance department to the department…
