(a) The Mayor may execute any contract to which the City is a party without obtaining authorization of Council if all of the following conditions exist:
(1) The contract does not involve an expenditure of City funds in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000);
(2) The Director of Finance certifies, if an expenditure of funds is involved, that, pursuant to Ohio R.C. 5705.41, sufficient funds have been lawfully appropriated and are available for such expenditure; and
(3) The Mayor requests and obtains a written opinion from the Director of Law that the contract is in proper form and substance.
(b) The Mayor, subject to review and approval by the Directors of Finance and Law, may also execute the following:
(1) Credit applications and enter into credit contracts with City vendors approved through either the City purchase order process or the City contracting process;
(2) Public or private grant applications and, if awarded, agreement forms or contracts required to receive approved grant funding for capital improvements, supplement labor costs, or other financial resources, tangible or intangible, so long as the terms and conditions of grant approval do not require City matching funds in excess of the expenditure limitation set forth in paragraph (a) (1).
(c) If any of the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) or (b) above are not met with respect to any contract to which the City is a party, then the Mayor shall, prior to executing any such contract, obtain express authorization from the City Council.
(Ord. 2022-1. Passed 1-4-22.)