The General Manager shall exercise the powers and duties of General Manager as described in Section 21.1 of this Code, and be responsible for the proper administration of departmental activities, including:
(a) Preparation of area plans which describe the distribution and utilization of funds, such as Older Americans Act funds, available for senior citizen programs, for consideration of the City Council and the Mayor;
(b) Certification of all expenditures to the Chief Accounting Employee of the Department;
(c) Recommending to the Mayor and City Council organizational changes in the structure of the Department where desirable or necessary to eliminate duplication of functions and services relating to senior citizens;
(d) Execution of amendments to contracts with parties other than grantors to the City, subject to City Charter limitations, other applicable law and approval as to form and legality by the City Attorney. Provided further that no such amendment shall be executed which substantially changes or alters the scope or level of service to be provided or the area or segment of population to be served as specified in the contract, or is inconsistent with express written determinations of the Mayor and the City Council. Such amendments may correct administrative errors or oversights, modify the time of performance, modify contract conditions or make similar changes in the contract. Contract amendments shall also be limited as follows:
(1) Any funds reallocated thereby between cost categories, shall not increase or decrease any cost category in excess of $25,000 for each adjustment, up to a maximum of $25,000 for each contract period approved by City Council;
(2) Amendments which change salaries or fringe benefits, in any amount, shall require the prior approval of the Director of the Office of Administrative and Research Services;
(3) The total amount of the contract may be increased or decreased by a sum not in excess of $1,000 for each contract period approved by the City Council, for the purpose of correcting administrative errors or oversights, or to provide for unanticipated cost increases on items already on the budget of the contract or to provide for additional costs approved by the General Manager, subject to the prior approval of the Director of the Office of Administrative and Research Services; and
(4) The General Manager, with the prior approval of the Director of the Office of Administrative and Research Services, may authorize contract amendments to transfer from one contractor(s) to another contractor(s) within the same grant fund administered by the Department, an amount not in excess of $1,000 for each contract period approved by City Council.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 157,596, Eff. 5-15-83.
Amended by: Subsec. (e) added, Ord. No. 170,388, Eff. 3-18-95; Subsec. (d), Ord. No. 173,363, Eff. 7-29-00, Oper. 7-1-00.