HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 11396ORDINANCE NO. l~-/
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2-9 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS (1986), AS AMENDED, TO CLARIFY THE
AUTHORITY OF THE CITY MANAGER AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS
TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER
AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS TO EXECUTE CERTAIN CONTRACTS,
LEASES AND OTHER LEGAL INSTRUMENTS WITHOUT THE NECESSITY
OF CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE
IS CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AN NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That Section 2-9, "Contract Execution; Change Orders" of the
Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), as amended, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 2-9. Contract execution; change orders.
(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, all
contracts to which the City is a party shall be approved
by the City Council prior to execution by the City
Manager. As used in this section, the term "City
Manager" shall also include "Assistant City Manager."
(b) Any contract involving an expenditure of
fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) or less of City
funds may be executed by the City Manager without City
Council approval, provided that sufficient funds have
previously been appropriated by the City Council.
(c) Any contract or other legal instrument for the
sale, purchase or lease or real property shall be
approved by the City Council prior to execution or
acceptance by the City Manager; provided, however, that
leases of city property for a term not exceeding thirty
(30 days and involving an amount not exceeding fifteen
thousand dollars ($15,000.00) may be executed by the City
Manager without City Council approval.
(d) Any contract that is submitted to competitive
bids and is proposed to be awarded to a bidder other than
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the lowest bidder shall be approved by the City Council
before execution by the City Manager.
(e) Where any individual change order to a public
works contract involves an increase or decrease in cost
of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00} or less, the
change order may be approved and executed by the City
Manager upon the written recommendation of the director
of the department responsible for such work and without
the necessity of City Council approval; provided,
however, that sufficient funds have previously been
appropriated for payment of such added cost."
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of
ordinances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986),
as amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance are in
direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such
Code, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and
such Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council
that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of
this ordinance are severable, and, if any phrase, clause, sentence,
paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared
unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect
any or the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and
sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted
by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of
any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or
section.
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5ECTION 4.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and
effect from and after its passage, and it is so ordained.
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17BJECT ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2-9 OF THE FORT WORTH CITY
CODE
RECOMMENDATION.
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance amending Section 2-9 of
the Fort Worth City Code (1986), providing that the City Manager may approve a contract
involving an expenditure of $15,000 00 or less without City Council approval, provided that
sufficient funds have previously been appropriated by the City Council
DISCUSSION
On July 6, 1993, the City Council was presented M&C G-10234, recommending adoption of an
ordinance raising the maximum dollar amount for purchase without requiring advertisement
Staff understood, and indicated to the City Council, that if the recommended ordinance were
approved, the City Manager would be able to approve a contract calling for the expenditure of
$15,000 00 or less without the approval of the City Council, provided that sufficient funds had
been previously appropriated A review of the current Code provision reveals that the proposed
ordinance is required to make the change as previously requested by staff and conceptually
agreed to by the Council The prior action of the Council did authorize the Purchasing Manager
to make acquisitions of less than $15,000 00 without requiring advertisement for competitive
bids
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