HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES - 05191987 - 87-30 ORDINANCE NO. 87-30
(Purchasing Agent and Legal Services)
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows
(omitting the parenthetical footnotes from the official text of
the enacted or amended provisions of the County Ordinance Code) :
SECTION I . SUMMARY. This ordinance amends the County Ordinance
Code to correct a printer' s error concerning printing services for
legal matters and to provide for administrative review of legal
service requests .
SECTION II . Section 1108-2. 214 of the County Ordinance Code is
amended to read:
1108-2. 214 Independent contractors . (a) General. He shall
engage contractors to perform services for the county and its
offices, with or without the furnishing of material, where the
aggregate cost does not exceed the amount authorized in Government
Code Section 25502. 5 from time to time.
(b) Exceptions. This section does not apply to:
( 1) Printing legal briefs or legal notices;
(2 ) Phonographic reporters services or transcripts ;
( 3 ) Special expert services for the district
attorney' s , public defender' s, or sheriff ' s offices ;
( 4 ) Election supplies;
( 5 ) Consultants and other experts employed directly by
the board;
( 6 ) Other `services which by law some other officer or
body is specifically charged with obtaining;
(7 ) Road equipment rented pursuant to Section 1108-
2 .208; and
( 8) Contracts he lets pursuant to Public Contract Code
Section 20394. (Ords. 87-30 § 2 , 84-68 § 1, 82-63, 82-51, 81-
19 § 1, 71-101 § 1, 69-75 § 1: prior code § 2502 .4 , § 2502 : Ord.
1212 § 3 [ 1958] : see also § 1108-2.215 and Gov. C. §§ 2502, 54201
ff) .
SECTION III . Section 1108-2 . 217 is added to the County Ordinance
Code to read:
1108-2 . 217. Legal services . Notwithstanding any other
provision of this division, prior to the purchasing agent, any
county officer or department, or any district of the county
entering any contract for legal services , the contract shall first
be reviewed and approved in writing by the county counsel. This
section does not apply to contracts entered by the district
attorney or public defender for special expert criminal legal
services authorized by law.
( 87- 30 § 3 . )
SECTION IV. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance becomes effective 30
days after passage, and within 15 days of passage shall be
published once with the names of the supervisors voting for and
against it in the Martinez News Gazette , a newspaper
published in this County.
PASSED ON May 19 , 1987 by the following vote:
AYES• Supervisors Fanden, Torlakson, Schroder .
NOES: None .
ABSENT: Supervisors Powers , McPeak.
ABSTAIN: None .
ATTEST: PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of
the Board and County Administrator
By
Deputy oard Chair
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