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RESOLUTION NO. 74-5 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 73-147 EMPOWERING THE CITY MANAGER TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS IN WRITING WITHOUT ADVERTISING AND WITHOUT PREVIOUS APPROVAL BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR EACH SPECIFIC ITEM FOR THE PAYMENT OF CHARGES OF SUPPLIES, LABOR OR OTHER MATTERS. WHEREAS, Section 421 of the Santa Ana Municipal Charter provides that the City Council may authorize any officer of the City to bind the City on contracts in writing without advertising and without previous approval by the City Council of each specific item for the payment of charges for supplies, labor, or other valuable consideration furnished to the City, in amounts not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200) in any one contract; and WHEREAS, aforementioned Section 421 additionally provides that the City Council may authorize the City Manager to bind the City on contracts in writing without advertising and with- out previous approval of the City Council for each specific item for the payment of charges for supplies, labor, or other valuable consideration to be furnished the city, in amounts not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) in any one con- tract; and WHEREAS, in administering various city governmental func- tions items must be purchased in the day to day operation of the City most of which items involve relatively sma%! amounts of money; and WHEREAS, the purchase of many of these numerous items cannot wait for individual approval by the City Council; and WHEREAS, the volume of important matters which City Council hears is so great that the Council's time could more usefully and expeditiously be spent on other matters; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That Resolution No. 73- 147 is amended to be in conformance with this Resolution. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council chooses to exercise the power provided in Section 421 of the Santa Ana Municipal Charter and hereby authorizes any officer of the city to bind the city on contracts in writing without advertising and without previous approval Of this Council of each specific item for the payment of charges for supplies, labor, or other valuable consideration furnished the city, in amounts not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) in any one contract. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That any contract which any city officer has entered into either personally or through an authroized agent for the purpose of obtaining fuel during the present fuel crisis is hereby expressly ratified provided said contract is in an amount not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).