(a) All contracts or purchases, other than contracts for public improvements described in Section 111.01, shall be awarded by the Mayor, the Director of Law, the Director of Finance, the Director of Public Works, the Director of Planning and Development, the Director of Human Services, the Director of Human Resources, or the Procurement Officer, upon approval by Council. Adoption of an ordinance or resolution authorizing the preparation of plans or specifications, an ordinance or resolution authorizing the advertising of request for bids (where bidding shall be required) or any other ordinance or resolution which authorizes or approves the award of contracts, and specifies the limit to be spent, shall constitute the approval of Council except that any contract for an amount which exceeds the amount specified for a line item detailed in the ordinance or resolution shall not be valid or enforceable unless first specifically authorized by a separate resolution of Council. Contracts or purchases in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), in addition, shall require the approval of the Board of Control established in subsection (b) hereof.
(b) A Board of Control, consisting of the Mayor, the Director of Law, the Director of Finance and the Director of Public Works, who may be represented by designees, is hereby established. Contracts shall be approved by the Board of Control by the execution of a written authorization or ratification of the contract by three of its members or their respective designees, with or without a meeting.
(Ord. 18-2023. Passed 12-4-23.)
(c) Contracts described in subsection (a) hereof in excess of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) shall be awarded by competitive bidding pursuant to Section 111.04 unless competitive bidding is not required pursuant to such section.
(Ord. 90-84. Passed 1-21-1985.)