Admin Order 58-96-01 (2) - Laserfiche WebLink

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5. The City Manager delegates to the Executive Manager and such other departmental personnel as the Executive Manager shall designate the authority to execute contracts less than the following amounts: Department Administrative Services $100,000 -- Library, Recreation and Cultural Services $50,000 Planning and Development $50,000 Public Safety $50,000 Public Works $100,000 6. Departments shall have the authority to execute change orders for contracts, which are within budget contingency for that contract or project and are within change order guidelines of the Public Contract Administrative Rules. Any change orders"shall be consistent with applicable provisions of the original contract. 7. Subdelegation of contract signing authority shall be by Administrative Order of the Executive Manager and shall be filed with the City Recorder and Purchasing. 8. Before executing any contract which is controversial or to which some political significance is attached, the Executive Manager shall notify the City Manager of the Executive Manager's intent to execute the contract. 9. Each Executive Manager will appoint a single contract administrator for their department who is primarily responsible for the record keeping of contracts initiated by that department. The Executive Manager will notify the Purchasing Manager of the designation and of any changes in the designation. 10. The Financial Operations Services Division shall develop a guideline education program for contract development and monitoring for use by contract administrators and managers and shall coordinate this program with the Human Resource and Risk Services Division's training program. 11. The signing and dating of this Administrative Order by the Executive Manager of the Mayor/CouncillMan~ger Division of the Administrative .Services Department replaces Administrative Order #44-92-15. Signe~ ~- .~ K ~a H. Norris, City Manager Pro Tem Date Ma, 28 1996 inh:fy96\ao9604