(a) Change orders are amendments to contracts to provide for alterations or modifications of the scope and/or cost of the original contract. A proposed amendment to a contract which is outside the general scope of the original contract does not constitute a change order, but is rather a proposal for a new and separate contract which requires independent contractual authority and bidding, if applicable.
(b) The Director of Public Service and the Director of Public Safety are hereby authorized, without approval of Council, to approve and enter into change orders which do not in the aggregate exceed:
(1) Ten percent (10%) of the total authorized original contract price; or
(2) $100,000.00, whichever is less.
This authority is subject to the availability of funding. Change orders shall additionally require approval of the Board of Control.
(c) Change orders in excess of the aggregate amounts set forth in subsection (b) hereof shall require approval of Council. The above stated limitations may be amended by Council in any legislation providing for any contract or in any subsequent amending ordinance.
(Ord. 31-2000. Passed 2-14-00.)