A. Mayor Delegation To Department Director: The Mayor delegates to each Department Director the authority to execute contracts, amendments and change orders on behalf of the City and within the administrative purview of the person executing the contract.
B. Department Director To Individual: Each Department Director will designate an individual or individuals to execute contracts, amendments and change orders for the department. Such individuals must have authorized signature cards, section 50-5-7 of this chapter, on file in the Finance Department with a copy to the Recorder's Office.
C. Categories: Department Directors can delegate signature authority to their employees in three (3) categories: up to and including ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00); over ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) and up to and including fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00); and over fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00).
D. Chief Procurement Officer: The Chief Procurement Officer will sign all agreements for commodities or services pertaining to more than one department.
E. Airport Director: The Airport Director, or the individual or individuals delegated as described in this section, will sign all airport ministerial contracts, including hangar and other property leases, telephone agreements, Federal grant applications, offers for grants and concession agreements. Ministerial agreements do not include the sale of property, the alienation of fee interest in property, or pledges of real property as security or collateral.
F. Public Utilities Director: The Public Utilities Director, or the individual or individuals delegated as described in this section, will sign all Public Utilities property leases, interlocal permits, utility agreements and revocable permits.
G. Permitted, Prohibited Documents: Each Department Director, or the individual or individuals delegated as described in this section, may sign leases, revocable permits and similar documents relating to City property within their administrative purview. The Property Manager may sign revocable permits and ministerial closing documents. The Director of the Housing and Neighborhood Development Department may sign real estate agreements, deeds, security instruments, certificates of completion, subordination agreements and any related ministerial documents, if such agreements, instruments, certificates, deeds and documents pertain specifically to residential real estate transactions conducted under the City's Housing Program. Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing any of the persons identified in this section to sign deeds, easements or any other documents which permanently convey any interest in real property, or which pledge an interest in real property as security or collateral, where such deeds, easements or documents involve transactions unrelated to residential real estate transactions conducted under the City's Housing Program. (2019 Compilation)