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order, contracts for the exchange of services shall be assigned an approximate dollar value of the <br />services given by the City. <br />3. Any contract submitted to the City Manager for signature shall have the initials on <br />the City Manager signature line of the Assistant City Manager or the Department Executive Manager <br />who recommends execution of the contract by the City Manager. <br />4. The Assistant City Manager or the Department Executive Managers shall be <br />responsible to the City Manager for the initiation, content, award, obtaining of signatures, budgetary <br />encumbrances and compliance with applicable federal, state and local statutes for contracts which <br />carry out the programs of their departments. <br />5. The City Manager hereby delegates to the Assistant City Manager, and- to the <br />Executive Manager of the City Departments indicated below, and such other department personnel. <br />as the Assistant City Manager and Executive Managers shall designate, the authority to execute <br />contracts less than the following amounts: <br />Department: <br />Central Services -Assistant <br />City Manager (may also execute <br />contracts for any department) $100,000 <br />Finance & Court Services Department $100,000 <br />Human Resources & Risk Services Department $100,000 <br />Fire & Emergency Medical Services Department $ 50,000 <br />Police Department $ 50,000 <br />Library, Recreation & Cultural Services Department $ 50,000 <br />Performance Contracts up to $100,000 <br />Planning and Development Department $ 50,000 <br />Public Works Department $100,000 <br />6. The Assistant City Manager and Department Executive Managers shall have authority <br />to execute change orders for contracts, which are within budgetary contingency for that contract or <br />project and are within change order guidelines of the Public Contract Administrative Rules and <br />consistent with provisions of the original contract. <br />7. Subdelegation of contract signing authority shall be by Administrative Order of the <br />Assistant City Manager or Department Executive Manager and shall be filed with the City Recorder <br />and Purchasing Section. <br />8. Before executing any contract which is controversial or to which some political <br />significance is attached, the Assistant City Manager or Department Executive Manager should notify <br />the City Manager of the intent to execute the contract. <br />Administrative Order - 2 <br />r:\adminord\adm\01 cmocontado.wpd(10/I 8/Ol ) <br />