§ 5.28.020. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:

A.

"Agency" means any department, office, or service area of the borough.

B.

"Agency head" means the department director or other chief administrative officer of an agency.

C.

"Architectural and engineering services" means those professional services within the scope of the practice of architecture, engineering or land surveying, as defined by the law of the state.

D.

"Borough" means any and all departments, offices and agencies comprising the Kenai Peninsula Borough government, including service areas, but excluding the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District.

E.

"Certifying officer" means the finance director of the borough or the mayor's designee.

F.

"Contract" means all types of borough agreements, regardless of what they may be called, for the procurement or disposal of supplies, services, professional services or construction.

G.

"Contract amendment" means any change in the terms of a contract accomplished by agreement of the parties, including change orders.

H.

"Contractor" means the person who has entered into a binding contract with the borough to provide supplies, services, professional services, construction or disposal of surplus supplies.

I.

"Construction" means the on-site erection, alteration, extension, repair, improvement, or demolition of any public structure, building, road or highway, or other improvements of any kind to any public real property. This includes painting and redecorating of structures, buildings, or real property; but does not include routine operation, repair or maintenance of existing buildings, improvements, or roads and highways which are recurring services normally performed in connection with the ownership, occupancy or use of the building or improvement.

J.

"Person" means an individual, group of individuals, business, nonbusiness association, other governmental entity, or advisory board created by the borough.

K.

"Procurement" means buying, purchasing, renting, leasing, or otherwise acquiring supplies, services, professional services, or construction, including description of requirements, selection and solicitation of sources, preparation and award of contract, and all phases of contract administration.

L.

"Professional service" means all advisory, consulting, technical, research or other services, such as architectural, engineering, land surveying, legal and financial, which involve the exercise of discretion and independent judgment together with an advanced or specialized knowledge, expertise or training gained by formal studies or experience.

M.

"Purchasing officer" means the purchasing and contracting director of the borough or the mayor's designee.

N.

"Services" means the furnishing of the labor, time or effort by a contractor, not involving the delivery of a specific end product, other than reports, that are merely incidental to the required performance. It does not include employment agreements or collective-bargaining agreements.

O.

"Specification" means a description of the physical or functional characteristics, or of the nature of a supply, service, professional service, or construction project.

P.

"Supplies" means any tangible personal property.

Q.

"Surplus disposal" means the sale, trade, or other means of transferring control of tangible property from an agency that has no further use of the property.

(Ord. No. 2010-20, § 10, 5-18-10; Ord. No. 87-29, § 1(part), 1987)