§ 2-127. Budget and purchasing.

(a)

The village administrator shall cooperate with department supervisors and other responsible officers, officials and employes of the village in the annual preparation of a financial budget of anticipated income and expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year, and to assist in the supervision of the expenditures of funds and in the administration of the budget as adopted by the village board. The preparation of the annual village budget shall be in accordance with such guidelines as may be provided by the village board and this Code.

(b)

The village administrator shall make such reports as the village board may require as to the current fiscal status of the village and the current fiscal status of items in the village budget.

(c)

Subject to Wis. Stats. § 61.55, and subject to the guidelines which the village board may establish, the village administrator shall assist the finance committee by supervising all purchasing and contracting for supplies, materials, equipment and services of every kind and character for any and all departments, subdivisions, programs and any and all operations of the village.

(d)

The village board delegates to village supervisory personnel the authority to make purchases on behalf of the village, not to exceed $500.00 if the purchase is of such sufficient urgency to make it impractical for the village administrator or the village board to supervise the purchase and if that amount is authorized by that year's budget. Within two days after having made a purchase under this subsection, the responsible village supervisory personnel shall file a report of the purchase to the village president, village administrator, the chairman of the finance committee and to the village treasurer. The powers delegated in this subsection are separate and apart from those described in subsection (c).

(Code 1989, § 1.10(7) Ord. No. 010708-02, § I, 1-7-2008)