A. It shall be the duty of the City Manager to see that no expenditure shall be submitted or recommended to the City Council except on approval of the City Manager or his or her authorized representative. The City Manager, or his or her authorized representative, shall be responsible for the purchase of all supplies for all the departments or divisions of the city.
B. Any purchase or contract whose cost to the city exceeds forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000) shall be authorized by resolution of the City Council.
C. The City Manager may approve purchases or contracts whose costs to the city are forty- five thousand dollars ($45,000) or less, provided that the purchase or contract is authorized in the budget approved by the City Council. Those purchases and/or contracts not contained in the budget, regardless of cost, shall be approved by resolution of the City Council.
D. This section does not apply to public projects subject to the provisions of Pinole Municipal Code Chapter 3.34 or the Local Agency Public Construction Act, Public Contract Code §§ 20100 through 22178, as amended, or any other law relating to competitively bid public projects.
(Ord. 2017-02 § 2, 2017; Ord. 2016-05 § 1, 2016; Ord. 2004-14 § 1, 2004)