(a) No contract shall be enforceable against the City unless it has been duly authorized, as provided herein, and executed in the name of the City by the City Manager or designee, and the availability of funds has been certified by the Finance Director.
(b) Approval procedure for alterations or modifications. An alternation or modification to a competitively bid contract shall be approved only upon the order of the City Manager or designee. No order shall be effective until the sum to be paid under the altered or modified contract is agreed to in writing and signed by the contractor and the City manager or designee, and the availability of funds has been certified by the Finance Director.
(c) Limited to appropriations. No contract alteration or modification to a competitively bid contract shall be approved as set forth below when the amount of the alteration or modification causes the contract sum for the project or purchase to exceed the amount appropriated by Council.
(Ord. 23-2016. Passed 12-12-16.)