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The power of Council to levy taxes shall be subject to the limitations now or hereafter provided by the Constitution and the general laws of the State if Ohio and nothing contained in this Charter shall be construed as authorizing the levy of any taxes in excess of such limitations without a vote of the people; provided, that this Charter shall not operate as a limitation upon such other subjects and for such other purposes as may be lawful under the Constitution and laws of the State of Ohio, nor shall the authority of Council to submit additional levies to a vote of the people under the authority of the Constitution or laws of the State of Ohio be deemed impaired or abridged by reason of any provision of this Charter.
In addition and as an alternative to the procedures established by the general laws of Ohio pertaining to special assessments, the Council may assess the cost of oiling or providing other surface treatment to the streets, alleys and public ways of the City against the abutting real property in accordance with procedures established for such purpose by ordinance or resolution.
(a) Except for those contracts pertaining to matters under the supervision and control of the Board of Public Affairs, the Mayor shall be the contracting officer for the City. The Board of Public Affairs shall be the contracting authority in regard to matters under its supervision and control.
(b) All contracts shall be in written form. The contracting officer or authority designated in division (a) of this section shall award and sign all contracts on behalf of the City, and such contracting officer or authority may designate any other administrative officer or employee of the City as purchasing agent, and authorize such purchasing agent to make all contracts on behalf of the City, where advertising and bidding are not required. The contracting officer or authority may adopt such rules and regulations as they deem necessary concerning the purchasing and contracting policies and procedures of the City for those matters under their respective supervision and control.
Council shall establish contracting procedures which shall provide for, but not be limited to, which contracts must be let by competitive bidding, the amount of advertising required, when bidding may be rejected, and alterations and modifications in the contract.
(Amended 11-4-97.)
(a) No contract, agreement, or other contractual obligation, involving the expenditure of money shall be entered into or authorized by any officer or employee of the City unless the City Clerk-Treasurer or his duly authorized representative shall first certify that the money required for such contract, agreement, obligation, or expenditure, is in the Treasury or in the process of collection thereto, to the credit of the fund from which it is to be drawn, free from previous encumbrances, and appropriated for the purpose of the proposed contract or expenditure, which certificate shall be filed and immediately recorded in the accounting records of the City, and a copy thereof shall be furnished to the contractor or person to whom such money will be payable. The sum so certified shall thereafter be considered encumbered until the City is discharged from the contract, agreement or obligation.
(b) All contracts, agreements, or other contractual obligations and orders entered into contrary to the provisions of Division (a) of this section, shall be void, and no person whatever shall have any claim or demand against the City thereunder, except that such claim may be paid in the manner and under the conditions provided by the general laws of Ohio pertaining to certification by fiscal officers of cities, and such claims may be paid upon the authorization of an ordinance or resolution passed by the Council, as a moral obligation.
No person designated by this Charter as a contracting officer or authority shall willfully cause or allow any contract or order to be split or divided into separate orders or contracts in order to avoid the requirements of competitive bidding as provided by this Charter.