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ORDINANCE No. ~
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2 "ADMINISTRATION" OF THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (1986), AS AMENDED, BY
AMENDING SECTION 2-9(b) BY PROVIDING FOR THE APPROVAL
OF CHANGE ORDERS ADMINISTRATIVELY; PROVIDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMMULATIVE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND
ENROLLMENT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That Section 2-9 (b) of Chapter 2 of the Code of the City of
Fort Worth (1986), as amended, is hereby further amended to read
as follows:
"(b) Where any individual change order pertaining
to a public works contract involves an increase or
decrease in cost of $15,000 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; provided 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 ordi-
nances and such Code are hereby repealed.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
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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 of 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.
SECTION 4.
The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby
directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the
caption and Section 1 in the minutes of the City Council and by
filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of the City.
SECTION 5.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and
effect from and after its passage, and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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Date • ~ 1- 9-8 ~j r)q
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NUMBER SECTION 2 - 9(b) OF THE CITY CODE ~ ) of_-1_.._
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ATTq~rCi,,{'4MMENDAT I ON
MUf11CIPAt URTRf.V~AIM•ay recommended that the City Counci 1 approve the attached ordinance which
CtiY, MAnAOE l.: 1am~enlds Section 2-9 (b ) of Chapter 2 of the C i ty Code and provides for the
administrative approval of change orders in the amount of $15,000 or less.
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~(~ - ` DISCUSSION
"~ l On May 6, 1989, the citizens approved an amendment to Section 14, Chapter
XXVII of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth which allows the City Council,
by ordinance, to "establish rules by which a change order may be executed by
the City Manager without the requirement of City Council authorization"
Staff briefed the Council at its Work Session on November 7, 1989, on a
procedure to implement this charter change while complying with the
requirements of State law To provide funding for possible change orders at
the time a contract is awarded, the following guidelines will be used
BID AMOUNT
$ 1 - $ 60,000
APPROPRIATION
+ 10% of bid
$60,001 - $500,000
More than $500,000
+ $6,000 or 5% of bid,
whichever is greater
+ $25,000 or 3% of bid,
whichever is greater
The administrative change order approval process will include review and
signature by the Department of Law.
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APPROVED BY
CITY C4UNC11~
N8V 14 1989
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SUBMITTED FOR IHt ~ DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL. PROCESSED BY
CITY MANAGER'S
OFFICE 8Y R. A. McKinney __ [] APPROVED
~ OTHER (DESCRIBE)
ORIGINATING
DEPARTMENT HEAD R. A, McKinne _ CITY SECRETARY
FOR ADDITIONAL fNFORMATION N~opted Ordinance No
~ DATE
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