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BOROUGH OF HILLSDALE

 

 

RESOLUTION

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Title:  Increasing Bid Threshold and Appointing a Qualified Purchasing Agent

(pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-3a & N.J.A.C. 5:34-5)

 

WHEREAS, the recent changes to the Local Public Contracts Law gave local Contracting units the ability to increase their bid threshold up to $29,000; and

 

WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-3a permits an increase in the bid threshold if a Qualified Purchasing Agent is appointed as well as granted the authorization to negotiate and award such contracts below the bid threshold; and

 

WHEREAS, N.J.A.C. 5:34-5 et. Seq. establishes the criteria for qualifying as a Qualified Purchasing Agent; and

 

WHEREAS, L. Harold Karns possesses the designation of Qualified Purchasing Agent as issued by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in accordance with N.J.A.C. 5:34-5 et. Seq.; and

 

WHEREAS, the Borough of Hillsdale wishes to take advantage of the increased bid threshold:

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the governing body of the Borough of Hillsdale in the County of Bergen, in the State of New Jersey hereby increases its bid threshold to $29,000; and

 

            BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the governing body hereby appoints L. Harold Karns as the Qualified Purchasing Agent authorized to exercise the duties of a purchasing agent pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-2(30), with specific relevance to the authority, responsibility, and accountability of the purchasing activity of the contracting unit; and

 

            BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that in accordance with N.J.A.C. 5:34-5.2, the Hillsdale Borough Clerk is authorized and directed to forward a certified copy of this resolution and a copy of L. Harold Karn’s certification to the Director of the Division of Local Government Services.

 

 

Council member

Motion

Second

Yes

No

Absent

Abstain

Arnowitz, Max

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prospero, Frank

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rush, Ken     

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sapanara, John

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schiavone, Donna

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weinstein, Andrew

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adopted: October 2, 2007                                                    

 

                                                                      

Attest: ________________________             ____________________________________

Robert P. Sandt, RMC                        Dennis S. Deutsch, Mayor   

            Municipal Clerk