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All moneys actually in the Treasury to the credit of the fund from which they are to be drawn, and all moneys applicable to the payment of the obligation or appropriation involved, that are anticipated to come into the Treasury before the maturity of such contract, agreement or obligation, from taxes or assessments, fees, charges, accounts and bills receivable or other credits in process of collection; and all moneys applicable to the payment of such obligation or appropriation, which are to be paid into the Treasury prior to the maturity thereof, arising from the sale or lease of lands or other property, and moneys applicable to the payment of such obligation or appropriation, which are to be paid into the Treasury prior to the maturity thereof, arising from the sale or lease of lands or other property, and moneys to be derived from lawfully authorized bonds sold and in process of delivery shall for the purposes of such certificate, be deemed in the Treasury to the credit of the appropriate fund and subject to such certification.
(Effective November 9, 1931)
(a) All contracts involving any expenditure in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) shall first be authorized and directed by ordinance of Council, provided that the Council may increase the expenditure limit contained in this section above fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) by passage of an ordinance receiving a two-thirds affirmative vote of the Council. Except as provided in divisions (b) and (c) of this section, when so authorized and directed, the director of the department involved shall make a written contract with the lowest and best bidder after advertisement once a week for two consecutive weeks in the City Record.
(b) When authorized by ordinance passed by the Council and in accordance with the applicable laws, competitive bidding and advertisement are not required for the City to enter into contracts for the purchase of supplies, services, materials and equipment through employment of cooperative purchase arrangements with other governmental agencies.
(c) When authorized by ordinance passed by the Council, competitive bidding and advertisement are not required for the City to enter into contracts for any purpose for which contracts may be awarded by a municipal corporation without advertisement or competitive bidding under the general laws of the State of Ohio.
(d) There shall be no splitting of orders to avoid the effect of this section, and any contract made contrary to or in evasion of the provisions of this section shall be illegal and void.
(Effective November 4, 2008)
All contracts, agreements, or other obligations entered into and all ordinances passed, resolutions and orders adopted, contrary to the provisions of the preceding sections, shall be void, and no person whatever shall have any claim or demand against the City thereunder, nor shall the Council, or any officer of the City, waive or qualify the limits fixed by any ordinance, resolution or order, as provided in Section 106, or fasten upon the City any liability whatever, in excess of such limits, or release or relieve any party from an exact compliance with his contract under such ordinance, resolution, or order.
(Effective November 9, 1931)
The Sinking Fund Commission shall consist of the Mayor, the Director of Finance, and the President of the Council. The Mayor shall be the President, and the Director of Finance shall be the Secretary, of the Commission. The Commission shall manage and control the Sinking Fund in the manner provided by general law or by ordinance.
(Effective November 9, 1931)
That based upon the currently available scientific and medical information which overwhelmingly demonstrates that there is no realistic, practical and effective protection against the effects of a nuclear or thermonuclear attack directed at civilian population centers, such as Cleveland, and that the only alternative to any civil defense measures is the eventual elimination of nuclear or thermonuclear weapons, the appropriation and/or expenditure of public funds by the City of Cleveland for any civil defense preparedness measures against nuclear or thermonuclear attack, including, but not limited to, plans, programs, studies and the acquisition, purchase or lease of buildings, equipment, supplies or services used or to be used in connection with such civil defense measures, are hereby declared to be wasteful and unlawful expenditures of public funds and not in the public interest and any such appropriation and/or expenditure for such civil defense measures is hereby forever prohibited.
(Effective November 2, 1982)