STANISLAUS COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. C.S. 1398 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2.24.060 OF THE STANISLAUS COUNTY CODE; AMENDING SECTION 2.24.065 OF THE STANISLAUS COUNTY CODE; AND REPEALING SECTION 2.24.100 OF THE STANISLAUS COUNTY CODE The Board of Supervisors of the County of Stanislaus, State of California, do ordain as follows: Section 1. "(a) Chapter 2, Section 2.24.060 of the Stanislaus County Code is hereby amended as follows: 2.24.060. Competitive bids or quotations not required. Except as otherwise provided by ordinance or general law, the purchasing agent may without notice, advertisement, or the securing of competitive bids or quotations, make any purchase of personal property, or do any other thing which he or she is authorized to do in this chapter. (b) The following portion of Chapter 2, Section 2.24.060 of the Stanislaus County Code is hereby repealed, which repealed language reads as follows: …provided, however, that in the event he or she purchases any individual item (as distinct from the total contract) costing more than fifteen thousand dollars without securing competitive bids or quotations thereon, he or she shall report such action to the board of supervisors with his or her reasons therefor; and provided further, that if he or she does call for competitive bids or quotations, and accepts any bid or quotation which complies with all terms, conditions and specifications, other than the lowest upon any individual item costing more than fifteen thousand dollars, he or she shall likewise report such fact to the board of supervisors. Section 2. Chapter 2, Section 2.24.060 of the Stanislaus County Code is hereby amended as follows: 2.24.065. Sale of personal property. The purchasing agent is authorized to sell, trade, trade in, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any personal property belonging to the county which is deemed to be surplus and not required for public use by the county and which has a value of less than five thousand dollars per individual item without prior approval by the board of supervisors. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, such disposition of surplus property may be made without securing bids or advertising. For disposition of personal property exceeding five thousand dollars per individual item, prior approval from the board of supervisors must be obtained. All proceeds from such sales shall be paid into the county treasury for the use of the county. Section 3. The following language in Chapter 2, Section 2.24.060 of the Stanislaus County Code is repealed, which repealed language reads as follows: 2.24.100 Stores account. A fund, designated the purchasing agent's stores account, in the amount of five hundred thousand dollars is created and established. The purchasing agent may purchase supplies, materials and equipment in quantity, to be issued to the various offices and departments of the county as needed, and to make payments therefor out of the purchasing agent's stores account. As such supplies, materials and equipment are issued to a county office or department, the purchasing agent's stores account shall be reimbursed from the budgeted funds of the requisitioning department. The auditor shall certify the availability of funds in the appropriate budget account of the office or department issuing the requisition before any issuance of supplies, materials or equipment is made." Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days from and after the date of its passage and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage it shall be published once, with the names of the members voting for and against the same, in the Modesto Bee, a newspaper published in the County of Stanislaus, State of California. Upon motion of Supervisor Withrow, seconded by Supervisor Grewal, the foregoing ordinance was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Stanislaus, State of California, this 1st day of July 2025, by the following called vote: AYES: SUPERVISORS: Chiesa, Withrow, Grewal, C. Condit, and Chairman B. Condit. NOES: None; ABSENT: None; ABSTAINING: None. Buck Condit, Chairman of the Board. ATTEST: Elizabeth A. King, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Stanislaus, State of California. BY: Noor Afzal, Deputy Clerk. APPROVED AS TO FORM: Thomas E. Boze, County Counsel. IPL0251939 Jul 9 2025