(A) The Manager shall be the contracting officer of this Municipality and, unless otherwise required by federal or state law or ordinance, shall award and execute all contracts within the purview of the position of Manager on behalf of the Village, and shall report all expenditures to the Council.
(B) When any expenditure or contract is anticipated to be for a sum in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00), such contract or expenditure shall be authorized or directed by an ordinance or resolution passed by the Council, shall be advertised once a week for at least two weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Village, and shall be entered into with the lowest and best bidder. The Manager shall not divide any order or contract to avoid the requirements of competitive bidding. When it becomes necessary to make alterations or modifications in connection with any work or improvements covered by such a contract, they shall be made only upon the order of the Manager. No such order shall be effective until the price to be paid for the work or material, or both, under the altered or modified contract, shall have been agreed upon in writing and signed by the contractor and the Manager on behalf of the Village. Modifications or alterations in contracts shall not require advertising and competitive bidding. The requirements set forth in this paragraph shall not be applicable to any contract or expenditure for which advertising and competitive bidding would not be required under provisions of either statute or common law of Ohio, as would pertain to an Ohio statutory city. (Amended 11-8-16)
(C) No contract, agreement or other contractual obligation involving the expenditure of money shall be entered into or authorized by the Manager unless the Director of Finance or his or her duly authorized representative shall first certify:
1. That the money required for such contract, agreement, obligation or expenditure is in the Village's treasury or in the process of collection thereto, and
2. That the money has been appropriated by Council for the purpose of the contract, which may be included in a general description of purpose, and it remains unencumbered.
Without the certification, contractual obligations shall be unenforceable against the Village unless subsequently authorized by the Council by a majority vote of its members.