Item 24 - Ordinance Amending City Manager’s Contracting Authority for Non/Public Works Contracts & Construction

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Ordinance No. NS-XXX Page 7 of 15 (2) To an Orange County business. (3) To the bidder submitting the maximum quality at minimum cost bid. The city shall reserve the right to reject any or all bids. (c) In order for the preference to apply, a bidder must certify under penalty of perjury, that the bidder qualifies as a local business or Orange County business. The preference is waived if the certification does not appear on the bid. Section 7. Section 2-804 of Article VII.II (Purchasing Rules and Regulations) of Chapter 2 (Administration) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code hereby is amended to read in its entirety as follows: Sec. 2-804. Reporting requirements The city manager reporting requirements mandated by Section 421 of the City Charter shall only include contracts let that exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00)one thousand dollars ($1,000),. aAll other contracts let by the city manager under five hundred dollars ($500.00) one thousand dollars ($1,000) shall be provided to the city council if requested by a councilmember. Section 8. Section 2-805 of Article VII.II (Purchasing Rules and Regulations) of Chapter 2 (Administration) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: Sec. 2-805. Procurement of materials, supplies, labor, and equipment between five hundred dollars ($500.00) and twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). (a) For those agreements exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) but not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), tThe city manager may bind the city on contracts for materials, supplies, labor, and equipment in amounts not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5000.00)ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in any one contract or in the aggregate with any one vendor or service provider. These contracts can be entered into administratively without the need for informal or formal bidding. (b) Unless exempt from bidding pursuant section 2-807, all contracts involving an expenditure between five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for materials, supplies, labor, and equipment shall be let on the basis of obtaining maximum quality at minimum cost in accordance with procedures established by the purchasing manager. Those procedures shall provide for at a minimum the following: