Proclamation Of Emergency Order No. 1-LLLL Pertaining To Purchase Cards
WHEREAS, on March 14,2020, I, J. Ryan McMahon, II, Onondaga County Executive, by the authority vested in me by the Onondaga County Charter,the Onondaga County Administrative Code,and the laws ofthe State ofNew York, declared, pursuantto Section 24 ofArticle 2-B oftheNew YorkState Executive Law,thatthe public safetywas sufficientlyimperiled and issued a Proclamation ofEmergencywithin the territorial limits ofOnondaga County;
WHEREAS, on March 14, 2020, I issued Local Emergency Order No. 1, temporarily suspending or modifying any restrictions regarding the use of Onondaga County Purchase Cards, in order to authorize the use of such cards to the maximum extent necessary to allow the purchase of necessary goods, commodities, services, technology, equipmen~ materials, supplies, or setvices, without standard procurement processes, and it is necessary to extend and renew that Order.
NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with the authority vestedin me by the OnondagaCountyCharterandCode, localhome rule powers conferred upon local governments, and New Y ork State Executive Law ยง24, I hereby extend and renew Local Emergency Order No. 1 to temporarily suspend and modify, for the duration ofthis Local Order, any restrictions regarding the use of Onondaga County Purchase Cards. As a result, the Purchase Card limits remain $”100,000 for the Director of Purchase, the Director of Emergency Management, and the Office ofthe Onondaga County Executive. All otherPurchase Card limits continue to be $10,000 for Departments. Department Heads and Unit Heads will continue to provide oversight.
To that end, this Local Order continues to temporarily suspend or modify, for the term of this Local Order, purchasing restrictions within the following provisions oflaw: Onondaga County Charter 502; Onondaga County Administrative Code 2.15, 3.06, 5.01- 5.03, & 6.13; and Resolution No. 223-2000 to the extent applicable.
This order is necessary to safeguard the public health and welfare, and necessary to assist in the disaster effmi. This Order is intended to comply with all laws and regulations, state and federal, and shall be read and interpreted in such manner.
As the law requires a Local Emergency Order not to exceed 5 days, this Order shall remain in effect for 5 days through June 12,2021, and will be formally renewed by the issuance ofsuccessive 5-day Orders.