Requirements of advertisement and solicitation shall not apply to purchases and contracts clearly and legitimately limited to single sources of supply and purchases involving special training, special facilities, special services, market conditions, or where compatibility is required with other county equipment, procedures or systems in which instances purchase prices and other terms may be established by direct negotiations by the manager. Such contracts may be approved by the executive except that the director may approve such contracts valued at less than $10,000, unless approval by the council is required under the charter or other provisions of this chapter. (Added by Ord. 80-110 § 2, Jan. 20, 1981; Amended by Ord. 86-003 § 22, Feb. 12, 1986; Amended by Ord. 89-027 § 19, May 17, 1989; Amended by Emerg. Ord. 07-033, Apr. 18, 2007, Eff date Apr. 18, 2007; Amended by Ord. 07-036, May 21, 2007, Eff date June 15, 2007; Amended by Amended Ord. 08-065, June 4, 2008, Eff date June 16, 2008; Amended by Amended Ord. 23-074 § 15, Sept. 13, 2023, Eff date Oct. 1, 2023).