A. This section applies to any contract or agreement ("contract") imposing a financial liability or obligation upon the city, or subjecting the city to any form of equitable relief. No contract shall be effective unless authorized by vote of the city council or by this section.
B. In accordance with California Government Code § 40602, the mayor shall execute all contracts made or entered into by the city, unless another city officer or employee is otherwise authorized to execute such contract pursuant to this code or ordinance adopted by the city council. The city manager is hereby authorized to sign the following types of contracts made or entered into by the city:
1. Contracts for goods or services less than or equal to an amount established from time-to-time by resolution of the city council;
2. Contracts approved by resolution or minute order of the city council;
3. Settlement agreement contracts approved by the city council; and
4. Contracts concerning the administrative business of the city which the city manager has direction and control over pursuant to:
a. His or her contract with the city;
b. This code; or
c. An ordinance of the city council.
C. All contracts executed by the mayor, city manager or other city council officer or employee of the city shall be attested to by the city clerk as required by state and federal law and city administrative policy.
D. No person other than the mayor, the city manager or other person expressly authorized by this section or other provision of this code may bind the city. Any purported contract not executed in conformity with this section or other provision of this code is void and shall not be the subject of implied ratification or estoppel, unless expressly ratified by resolution duly adopted by the city council.
(Ord. 550 § 1, 2019)