HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 3278ORDINANCE NO. 3 2 7 8 NEW SERIES
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD ADDING SECTION 3.20.105 TO THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
FORMAL COB'£~ACT PROCEDURE FOR COB'~'~ACTS NOT
INVOLVING THE PURCHASE OF GOODS.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of
Bakersfield as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 3.20.105 is hereby added to the Bakersfield
Municipal Code to read as follows:
3.20.105 Formal contract procedure - Contracts not involving
the purchase of goods.
A. All contracts not involving the purchase of goods shall
be set forth in writing approved as to form by the City Attorney,
signed by the Mayor, a City department head, the Pinance Director
and filed with the City Clerk.
B. All such contracts under which the City is obligated to
pay $20,000.00 or more, whether or not such amounts will be paid
or reimbursed by a third party, shall be authorized only by the
City Council. Such contracts shall also require the signatures
set forth in subsection A. of this section.
C. Amendments.
1. Any amendment or modification of any contract
subject to the provisions of this section shall be set forth in
writing and signed as required by subsection A. of this section.
Contracts requiring City Council authorization, except for public
works contracts, may not be amended except by Council action.
Amendments cumulatively exceeding twenty-five percent (25%) of
the original amount shall be authorized only by the City Council.
2. Each amendment to a public works contract (change
order) exceeding an amount of $10,000.00 or which, together with
all other previously approved change orders for that contract,
exceeds twenty-five percent (25%) of the original contract
amount, must be authorized by the City Council and shall require
the signatures specified in subsection A. of this section,
regardless of whether the City's obligation under the original
contract was for $20,000.00 or more. Other change orders shall
not require City Council approval, but shall require the
signatures specified in subsection A. of this section.
D. The City of Bakersfield shall not be bound by any
representation of any officer, employee or agent of the City
which would serve to create or amend a contract unless and until
such representation has been set forth in writing and approved
and signed as set forth in this section.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the
City Charter provisions and shall become effective thirty (30)
days from and after the date of its passage.
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I HERRBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was
passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a
regular meeting thereof held on F£8 2 1 1990 , by the
following vote:
AYES: CO~JNCtLMEMBERS EDWARDS, DeMOND, SMITH, ~,~:J;,;;;;, PETERSON. McDERMOTI'. SALVAGGIO
NOES. COUNCILMEME;ERS:
ABSENT COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED FEB 2 ~ /99o
CLARENCE E. MEDDER$
MAYOR o~ the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED as to form:
CITY ATTOrnEY of the City of Bakersfield
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CONTRACT.1
2/13/90
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
) ss.
County of Kern)
CAROL WILLIAMS, Being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That she is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City
of Bakersfield; and that on the 23rd day of February , 1990 she
posted on the Bulletin Board at City Hall, a full, true and correct copy of
the following: Ordinance No. 3278
City Council at a meeting held on the 21st
and entitled:
, passed by the Bakersfield
day of February , 1990 ,
CAROL WILLIAMS
CITY CLERK of the City of Bakersfield
DEPUTY City Clerk
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