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C@RR0 <br />GENERAL MANAGER <br />Jim Friedl <br />Date: May 21, 2015 <br />To: Board of Directors <br />From: Jim Friedl, General Manager <br />Subject: Amended Purchasing Policy <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Adopt the attached revised Purchasing Policy. <br />BACKGROUND <br />BOARD OF DIRECTORS <br />Ed Jones, Chair <br />Chuck Huffer, Vice Chair <br />George Lange, Director <br />Susan L. Holt, Director <br />Joe Gibson, Director <br />GENERAL MANAGER EMERITUS <br />Tex Ward <br />The proposed revised Purchasing Policy updates and codifies purchasing and bidding <br />procedures. <br />The District's Purchasing Policy has not been updated since 2008. Since that time, there have <br />been changes in state law which affect the District. Most notably, the state changed the bid <br />limits in the Public Contract Code (PCC) sections 22032 and 22034. <br />Thus, the major change in the proposed policy is in the level of General Manager authority and <br />bids for Board award for purchases, which is more in line with the levels established in the <br />PCC. <br />Division Administrators <br />General Manager <br />Board of Directors <br />over $30,000 <br />over $45,00 ,increase limit <br />Other changes of note incorporated in the District Purchasing Policy is the raising of limits for <br />informal bid procedures from in excess of $30,000 to $125,000 to in excess of $45,000 to <br />$175,000. Included in the Purchasing Policy is a District Purchasing Policy Matrix which can <br />be utilized for quick reference. Additionally, attached to this report is the revised Purchasing <br />Policy; and for comparative purposes, a strikethrough version of the 2008 Purchasing Policy <br />with deleted text struck through and added text highlighted. <br />403 West Hillcrest Drive I Thousand Oaks, CA 91360-4223 <br />(805) 495-6471 FAX: (805) 497-3199 Email: parks@crpd.org <br />