This Section establishes the exclusive source of authority to delegate any authority to contract granted by this chapter. The authority to delegate contracting authority shall not be implied from any other provision of this municipal code.
(a) Procurement Officer Delegations. The Procurement Officer may delegate the authority granted under Section 2.30.200, as follows: a city employee holding the position of contract manager or senior buyer may be authorized to award and sign any contract in an amount of $50,000.00 or less per year with a term not to exceed three years; and a city employee holding the position of buyer may be authorized to award and sign any contract in an amount of $25,000.00 or less per year with a term not to exceed three years.
(b) City Manager Delegations. The City Manager may delegate the authority to contract granted to the City Manager by this chapter or Section 2.08.140(a)(3) and (5) of this municipal code to an Assistant City Manager and to the Director of Administrative Services, and, as to wholesale utility commodities and services contracts and transactions issued thereto, the City Manager may delegate to the Director of Utilities. If an Assistant City Manager, the Director of Administrative Services, or the Director of Utilities is unable to exercise the authority delegated to him or her due to legal or physical incapacity, constraint, or unavailability, the City Manager may, with the prior concurrence of the City Attorney, delegate the authority to any other city employee.
(c) City Attorney Delegations. The City Attorney may delegate any authority to contract granted to the City Attorney by this chapter to a city employee holding the position of chief assistant city attorney or, if the chief assistant city attorney is unavailable, assistant city attorney.
(d) Delegations to be Written. All delegations of authority shall be in writing, be dated, and describe the limits of the authority delegated, including, without limitation, the type, dollar amount, quantity of goods, the scope of services or authority, and the term of the contracts that may be executed under the delegation. All delegations of authority shall be kept on file by the Procurement Officer.
(Ord. 5427 § 2, 2018: Ord. 5387 § 1 (part), 2016: Ord. 4827 § 1 (part), 2004)