Unless otherwise indicated, the following definitions shall apply to all provisions of this chapter:
(A) Act means the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act found at Cal. Public Contract Code, §§ 22000 et seq.
(B) Alternative procedure means purchasing materials, supplies, services, (professional, consulting, public works, maintenance, and other general services) or equipment by negotiated contract, purchase order or any other procedure outlined in the city’s purchasing policies and procedures manual approved by the City Manager and consistent with this chapter. A type of alternative procedure may include, but is not limited to, what will be referred to as a "simplified pricing procedure" wherein the authorized contracting party, or his or her designee, obtains oral price quotes from one or more potential contractors or suppliers, and accepts the quote which is determined to be in the best interests of the city.
(C) "Authorized contracting party" means the city official or body provided with authority under this chapter to approve or award a contract or to make a purchase, as well as to reject all bids when appropriate. Unless otherwise stated, the party authorized to approve or award a contract or to make a purchase shall have the authority to execute the associated purchase order, contract, and/or agreement.
(D) "City Engineer" means either the City Engineer or the person delegated by the City Eengineer to perform all or some of the duties prescribed in this chapter.
(E) "City Manager" means the City Manager or person designated by the City Manager to perform all or some of the duties prescribed in this chapter.
(F) "Commission" means the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Commission created by Division 2, Part 3, Chapter 2, Article 2, of the Cal. Public Contract Code (commencing at § 22010).
(G) "Corona formal bidding procedure" means a procedure which meets the requirements of state and local law, including the Act, this chapter, and any policies and procedures approved by the City Manager consistent with this chapter.
(H) "Emergency" for purposes of public projects shall have that meaning provided in Cal. Public Contract Code §§ 22035 and 22050. "Emergency" for all other purchasing or contracting purposes means a situation which makes competitive bidding, either formal or informal, impractical or not in the best interests of the city.
(I) "Facility" means any plant, building, structure, ground facility, utility system (subject to the limitation found in Cal. Public Contract Code § 22002, subdivision (c)(3)), real property, streets and highways, or other public work improvement.
(J) "General services" means all services performed by persons not in a professional occupation including, but not limited to, contract services for park, electrical, and computer repair, building, facility, and vehicle maintenance, recreation programs, and other similar services which are not typical of professional services.
(K) "Maintenance work" shall have that meaning provided in § 22002(d) of the Act, as that section may be amended from time to time. In addition and to the extent not inconsistent with § 22002(d), "maintenance work" shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
(1) Routine, recurring, and usual work for the preservation or protection of any publicly-owned or publicly-operated facility for its intended purposes.
(2) Minor repainting.
(3) Street and highway maintenance including utility patching, skin patching, crack filling, filling of pot holes, slurry sealing, edge grading, street striping, resurfacing of streets and highways at less than one-inch, sign replacement, sidewalk repair and replacement, curb and gutter repair and replacement, and street and traffic light repair and replacement. "Maintenance work" shall not include striping of a new street or highway.
(4) Sewer maintenance including foaming, video taping, cleaning, and manhole restoration.
(5) Traffic signal maintenance. Maintenance work shall not include installation of new traffic signals.
(6) Storm drain related maintenance.
(7) Landscape maintenance, including mowing, watering, trimming, pruning, planting, tree and plant replacement, irrigation and sprinkler system servicing, retrofit and repair, and landscape rehabilitation.
(8) Maintenance of facilities including roof repairs or replacements, heating and air conditioning repairs, and electric repairs.
(9) Vehicle and equipment maintenance and repairs.
(10) Work performed to keep, operate, and maintain publicly-owned water, power, or waste disposal systems including, but not limited to, dams, reservoirs, powerplants, and electrical transmission lines of 230,000 volts and higher.
(L) "Professional services" means all services performed by persons in a professional occupation including, but not limited to, consulting and performance services for accounting, auditing, computer hardware and software support, engineering, architectural, planning, environmental, redevelopment, financial, economic, personnel, social services, animal control, legal, management, cable television, communication, and other similar professional functions which may be necessary for the operation of the city.
(M) "Public project" shall have that meaning provided in § 22002(c) of the Act, as that section may be amended from time to time. A "public project" shall not include maintenance work. In addition and to the extent not inconsistent with § 22002(c), "public project" shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
(1) Construction, reconstruction, erection, alteration, renovation, improvement, demolition, and repair work involving any publicly-owned, leased, or operated facility;
(2) Painting or repainting of any publicly-owned, leased, or operated facility; and
(3) In the case of a publicly-owned utility system, "public project" shall include only the construction, erection, improvement, or repair of dams, reservoirs, powerplants, and electrical transmission lines of 230,000 volts and higher.
(N) "Public project formal bidding procedure" means a procedure which meets the requirements of state and local law, including § 22037 of the Act, this chapter, and any policies and procedures approved by the City Manager consistent with this chapter.
(O) "Public project informal bidding procedure" means a procedure which meets the requirements of state and local law, including § 22034 of the Act, this chapter, and any policies and procedures approved by the City Manager consistent with this chapter.
(Q) “Department Director” means the person in charge of a particular department of the city, and shall include the Assistant City Manager, the General Manager of the Department of Water and Power, the Police Chief, and the Fire Chief.
(R) “On-call maintenance work or general services” means maintenance work or general services to be provided on an on-call or as-needed basis pursuant to a master agreement or contract.
(Ord. 3230 § 1, 2016; Ord. 3065 § 1, 2011; Ord. 2790 § 2 (part), 2005.)