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Finance and Management Services Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/cm <br />Item # 24 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br /> March 1, 2022 <br />TOPIC: Ordinance Amending City Manager’s Contracting Authority for Non-Public Works <br />and Public Works Contracts and Public Works Construction Rules and Regulations <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Ordinance Amending City Manager’s Contracting Authority for Non-Public Works and <br />Public Works Contracts Under Chapter 2, Article VII and Public Works Construction Rules <br />and Regulations Under Chapter 33, Article VIII of the Santa Ana Municipal Code <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Approve first reading of an ordinance amending City Manager’s contracting authority for <br />non-public works and public works contracts under Chapter 2, Article VII, Sections 2-748, <br />2-800 to 2-808 and public works construction rules and regulations under Chapter 33, <br />Article VIII, Sections 33-200 to 33-203 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code as follows: <br />i) Amending Section 2-748 of Chapter 2, Article VII concerning the City Manager’s <br />contract authority: <br />(1) non-public works contracts to increase from $50,000 to $250,000; <br />(2) emergency public works construction to increase from $100,000 to $750,000; <br />(3) non-public works and public works contracts change orders authority increase <br />from 10 percent or $25,000, whichever is greater, to 15 percent or $50,000, <br />whichever is greater; and <br />(4) add language codifying contract limits will be applied on a fiscal year basis by <br />departments. <br />ii) Amending Section 2-800 to 2-808 of Chapter 2, Articles VII.II concerning the <br />Purchasing Rules and Regulations: <br />(1) clarifying language administrative in nature; <br />(2) extending local vendor preference to increase from procurement involving <br />$5,000 and one $100,000 to procurement involving $10,000 and $100,000; <br />(3) for reporting requirements to increase from $500 to $1,000; <br />(4) for administrative contracts to increase from $5,000 to ten $10,000; <br />(5) for informal contracts to increase from $5,000 and $25,000 to $10,000 and <br />$50,000); <br />(6) for formal contracts to increase from $25,000 to $50,000; <br />(7) add language to coincide with current practices for awarding services <br />contracts; and