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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 3750ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3.20.090 A, SECTION 3.20.100 A, AND SECTION 3.20.105 B, C AND E TO THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF CONTRACTS REQUIRING COUNCIL APPROVAL FROM TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. WHEREAS, the City of Bakersfield finds it appropriate to increase the amount of contracts requiring Council approval from Twenty Thousand Dollars to Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 3.20090 A of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the erection of any public building or works or in furnishing any supplies, equipment and materials for same or for any other use by the city with an estimated value greater than twenty-five thousand dollars shall be by written contract or order with the lowest responsible bidder pursuant to the procedure prescribed in this section. Section 3.20.100 A of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: The erection, improvement or repair of any public buildings or works or in furnishing any supplies, equipment and materials for same or for any other use by the city with an estimated value in the amount of twenty five thousand dollars or less may be made by the finance director in the open market pursuant to the procedure described in this section without observing the procedure prescribed in Section 3,20.090. -- Page 1 of 3 Pages -- Section 3.20.105 Subsection B of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: Amounts Between Ten Thousand and Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars. All contracts not involving the purchase of goods under which the city is obligated to pay between ten thousand and twenty-five thousand dollars shall be set forth in writing approved as to form by the city attorney, signed by the mayor, a city department head, the city attorney, the finance director, and filed with the city clerk. Section 3.20.105 Subsection C of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: Amounts Over Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars. All contracts under which the city is obligated to pay twenty-five thousand dollars or more, whether or not such amounts will be paid or reimbursed to a third party, shall be authorized only by the city council. Such contracts shall also require the signatures set forth in subsection B. of this section. Section 3.20.105 Subsection E of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: Public Works Contract Amendment. Each amendment to a public works contract (change order) exceeding an amount of ten thousand dollars or which, together with all other previously approved change orders for that contract, exceeds twenty-five percent of the original contract amount, must be authorized by the city council and shall require the signatures specified in subsection B. Of this section, regardless of whether the city's obligation under the original contract was for twenty-five thousand dollars or more. Other change orders shall not require city council approval, but shall require the signatures specified in subsection B. Of this section. SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the provisions of the Bakersfield Municipal Code and shall become effective thirty (30) days from and after the date of its passage. ........ o0o ........ -- Page 2 of 3 Pages -- I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on .A~ ~ ~ te~q7 by the following vote: CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the Council of the City of Bakersfield APPROVED ~ ~ ~ ~97 MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield APPROVED as to form: JUDY K. SKOUSEN City Attorney ALAN D. DANIEL ---" Assistant City Attorney JKS:ff S:~COUNCtL~3RD',BIDREQ ORD--February 13, 1997 -- Page 3 of 3 Pages -- AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) County of Kern ) PAMELA A. McCARTHY, 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 14th day of March, 1997 she posted on the Bulletin Board at City Hall, a full, true and correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 3750, passed by the Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the 12th day of March, 1997, and entitled: Ordinance amending Section 3.20.090 A, Section 3.20.100 A, and Section 3.20.105 B, C and E of the Bakersfield Municipal Code to increase amount of contracts requiting Council approval from Twenty Thousand Dollars to Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars. /s/ PAMELA A. McCARTHY City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield DEPUTY City Cl:drk a~'