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(4)    A complete, current file record shall be maintained by the
purchasing agent explaining or otherwise supporting the particular basis
upon which each emergency purchase was made. Such records shall be
available for public inspection during regular County business hours in
the purchasing agent's main offices.

(5)    The purchasing agent shall submit monthly, through the County
Executive, to the County Council a report covering a tabulation of all
emergency purchases in excess of Fifty Dollars ($50.00), together with an
explanation of the circumstances thereof.

(6)    The purchasing agent shall eliminate emergency orders by proper
use of the price agreement and other similar types of orders whenever
the County's interest will be best served thereby.

4.112—Exemptions from Competitive Bidding

(1)    Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, if the ex-
penditure for purchase of supplies, materials, equipment or contractual
services or for a sale of personal property which has been found by the
County Executive not to be required for public use is less than Five
Hundred Dollars ($500.00), the purchasing agent, in his sole discretion,
may waive the competitive bidding requirements of this Act and may make
such purchase or sale without calling for bids. The purchasing agent shall
not delegate to any other County officer or employee the discretion of deter-
mining whether a purchase or sale involving any expenditure of less than
Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) shall be based on competitive bid.

(2)     The County Council may by its Resolution authorize the County
Executive and the purchasing agent to waive the competitive bidding
requirements of this Act for any single purchase, EXPENDITURE, or sale
if in the judgment of the County Council, the interest of the County will
be best served thereby.

4.113—The Reports and Disposition of Surplus, Obsolete and Waste
Supplies

(1)    All agencies shall submit to the purchasing agent, at such times
and in such form as he shall prescribe, reports showing stocks of all
supplies which are no longer used or which have become obsolete, worn-out
or scrapped. The purchasing agent shall have authority to transfer to
another or to other agencies in lieu of filling requisitions for the purchase
of new and additional stock of the same or similar articles.

(2)    The purchasing agent shall have authority to sell all such supplies
which cannot be used by any agency or which have become unsuitable for
County use; or to exchange or trade-in such articles in part or in full
payment for new supplies. Any such sale, exchange or trade-in shall be
made in accordance with the provisions of this subtitle as to competitive
bidding, unless the value thereof is less than Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00).

4.114—Gratuities

(1) No officer or employee of the County, whether elected or ap-
pointed, shall in any manner whatsoever be interested in or receive any
benefit from the profits or emoluments of any contract, job, work or service
for the County. No such officer or employee shall accept any service or
thing of value, directly or indirectly, from any person, firm or corporation
having dealings with the County, upon more favorable terms than those
granted to the public generally; nor shall he receive, directly or indirectly,