§ 2-152. Definitions.

The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this division, shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

County manager means the manager hired by the board of commissioners to oversee the daily operating functions of the county.

Finance department means the department handling financial affairs and accounting of Jackson County, Georgia.

Purchasing manager means the individual who is assigned the general duties and responsibilities of supervising and administering the provisions of this division. This function falls under the management of the director of the finance department.

Goods and services means the tangible items and/or labor and materials provided by outside contractors and professionals necessary to provide an effective and economically responsible delivery of services by the county and for which financial appropriations have been made by the governing authority.

Supplies, material, or contractual services means all tangible equipment, commodities, repairs or non-professional services necessary to operate the government.

Professional services means services provided by the following licensed professionals need not be subject to competitive bidding: practitioners of law, medicine, podiatry, dentistry, optometry, psychology, veterinary medicine, physiotherapy, public accounting.

Using agency means any department, division, agency, bureau, commission, board, authority or another unit of the county government using goods and services to carry out the duties and responsibilities of such functions and for which financial appropriations have been made by the government authority.

Local business means a business located in the county holding a county business license.

Purchase card means any credit card supplied to the county for the purpose of obtaining goods and services that is administered under the provisions of the state purchasing card contract.

(Ord. No. 17-004 , § 2, 2-20-2017)