CHAPTER XIII.
CONTRACTS

Section 225. Alterations or Modifications in Contract.

   When, in the prosecution of any work, or improvement under contract, it becomes necessary to make alterations or modifications in such contract, such alterations or modifications shall be made only upon the written order of the Mayor. No such order shall be effective until the price to be paid for the work and material, or both, under the altered or modified contract, shall have been agreed upon in writing and signed by the contractor and the Mayor in behalf of the City.

(Amended by electors 11-3-92)

Section 226. Certification by Director of Finance.

   No contract shall be executed or order involving the expenditure of money shall be made unless there is attached thereto a certificate of the Director of Finance that the amount required to meet the same has been lawfully appropriated for such purpose and is in the treasury or in the process of collection to the credit of appropriate funds free from any previous incumbrance as prescribed by the Revised Code of Ohio; and all expenditures of money shall be subject to the provisions thereof.

   The term contract as used herein shall be construed as exclusive of current payrolls of regular employees and officers.

(Amended by electors 11-4-80)

Section 227. What shall authorize certification.

   All moneys actually in the treasury to the credit of the fund from which they are to be drawn, and all moneys applicable to the payment of the obligation or appropriation involved, that are anticipated to come into the treasury before maturity of such contract, agreement, or obligation, from taxes or assessments, or from sales of services, products, or by-products, or from any City undertakings, fees, charges, accounts and bills receivable or other credits in process of collection; and all moneys applicable to the payment of such obligation or appropriation, which are to be paid into the treasury prior to the maturity thereof, arising from the sale or lease of lands or other property, and moneys to be derived from lawfully authorized bonds sold and in process of delivery shall, for the purposes of such certificate, be deemed in the treasury to the credit of the appropriate fund and subject to such certification.

Section 228. Contracts and Purchases of Ten Thousand Dollars or More.

   No contract shall be executed or purchase made involving an expenditure of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) or more unless the same shall have been first authorized by appropriate legislation. Every such contract shall be in writing and shall be executed in behalf of the City of Toledo by the Mayor. In case of such a purchase, no bid shall be accepted without the written approval of the Mayor.

(Amended by electors 11-3-92)