The Mayor is hereby authorized, as the contractual officer of the City, to review, approve and order modifications and changes to contracts for public improvements awarded under competitive bidding, provided that the net total increase of all change orders on any one contract for public improvements does not exceed five percent of the original contract or fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), whichever is lesser, and provided, further, that no change order shall be ordered that would change the general purpose of the work being done, without specific Council approval.
(Ord. 75-84. Passed 10-22-84.)