The City Attorney may award and sign contracts for legal services, including, without limitation, services provided by outside counsel, investigators, consultants and other experts needed for litigation or other administrative and legal proceedings, to be provided to the city for any time period, where the contract price and any contingency established for additional services, but excluding sales tax or use tax, do not exceed the sum of $85,000.00 in the first contract or fiscal year, and do not exceed the sum of $85,000.00 and any unexpended monies carried forward from a prior fiscal year, in any subsequent contract or fiscal year. In addition to the authority described herein, the City Attorney may sign contracts, where the contract price exceeds the amounts set forth above, provided the Council has first approved the use of such services.
(Ord. 5494 § 11, 2020: Ord. 5387 § 1 (part), 2016: Ord. 4827 § 1 (part), 2004)