(70 ILCS 2605/11.10) (from Ch. 42, par. 331.10)
Sec. 11.10. Every contract or purchase order involving amounts in
excess of the mandatory competitive bid threshold shall be
signed by the president or other duly
authorized officer of the board of commissioners, by the executive director, by the clerk and by the director of procurement and materials management. Each bid with
the name of the bidder shall be entered upon a record which shall be
open to public inspection in the office of the director of procurement and materials management. After
the award is made, the bids shall be entered in the official records of
the board of commissioners.
All purchase orders or contracts involving amounts that will not exceed the
mandatory competitive bid threshold shall be let by the director of procurement and materials management. They
shall be signed by the director of procurement and materials management
and the clerk. All records pertaining to such awards
shall be open to public inspection for a period of at least one year
subsequent to the date of the award.
An official copy of each awarded purchase order or contract together
with all necessary attachments thereto, including assignments and
written consent of the director of procurement and materials management shall be retained by the director of procurement and materials management
in an appropriate file open to the public for such
period of time after termination of contract during which action against
the municipality might ensue under applicable laws of limitation.
Certified copies of all completed contracts and purchase orders shall be
filed with the clerk. After the appropriate period, purchase orders,
contracts and attachments in the clerk's possession may be destroyed by
direction of the director of procurement and materials management.
The provisions of this Act are not applicable to joint purchases of
personal property, supplies and services made by governmental units in
accordance with Sections 1 through 5 of "An Act authorizing certain
governmental units to purchase personal property, supplies and services
jointly," approved August 15, 1961.
(Source: P.A. 95-923, eff. 1-1-09.)
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