(a) Definitions.
(1) “Professional Design Firm" means any person, firm or corporation legally engaged in rendering professional design services.
(2) "Professional Design Services" means services within the scope of practice of an architect or landscape architect registered under Chapter 4703 of the Revised Code or a professional engineer or surveyor registered under Chapter 4733 of the Revised Code.
(3) “Public Works Contract" means any contract awarded by the City for construction, alteration or repair of any public building, public highway or other public work.
(4) "Design-build Services" means services that form an integrated delivery system for which a person is responsible to a public authority for both the design and construction, demolition, alteration, repair or reconstruction of a public improvement.
(b) The City is hereby exempted from following the procedures set forth in Sections 153.65 through 153.73 of the Ohio Revised Code for contracting for Professional Design Services or Design-build Services.
(c) The City Manager may contract for Professional Services related to a Public Works Contract when the amount of the Professional Design Services is less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). The City Manager may determine the Professional Design Firm's qualifications and abilities in such manner as the City Manager deems most suitable.
(d) In the event that the cost of the Professional Design Services for a Public Works Contract will equal or exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), the Council shall have the authority, by motion passed by majority vote, to authorize the City Manager to sign such Professional Design Services contract. Council may satisfy itself as to the Professional Design Firm's qualifications and abilities in the manner it deems most suitable.
(Ord. 9617-18. Passed 7-2-18.)