(A) City Manager’s authority. Subject to the restrictions contained in division (B) below, the City Manager or designee is authorized to approve and initial work on the following types of change orders determined in his or her judgment, to be in the public interest, as follows:
(1) All change orders decreasing the cost of the contract to the city that do not materially alter the character of the work contemplated by the contract;
(2) A change order where the total cost of the purchase does not exceed $25,000;
(3) A change order to purchase initially approved by the City Commission where the net change increases the cost of the contract to the city by an amount less than or equal to 5%; and/or
(4) A change order to a purchase initially approved by the City Commission, on a unit price contract consisting of unit quantity increases at the unit price bid, which do not exceed 10% of the original unit quantity for each line item.
(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of division (A) above, the City Manager is not authorized to approve a change order without authorization of the City Commission where the initial purchase required the City Commission’s approval and where the sum of all change orders issued under the contract exceeds 5% of the original contract amount or $25,000.
(Ord. 1409, passed 6-19-02; Am. Ord. 1684, passed 3-16-11; Am. Ord. 1924, passed 5-15-19)