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(jxs 03/20/07) ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXX AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO CONTRACTS AND PURCHASING THE CITY COUNCil OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOllOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. On May 2, 2005, the City Council created an Ad Hoc Committee to review the City's Charter and make recommendations for changes, if needed. B. On September 19, 2005, the City Council created the Charter Amendment Citizens' Task Force and directed members to review and comment on the Ad Hoc Committee's recommended changes. C. One of the changes proposed by the Ad Hoc Committee, and recommended by the Citizens' Task Force, was that the dollar threshold at which the City Manager is authorized to bind the City by contract be increased from $10,000 to $25,000. D. The suggestions by the Task Force relating to the thresholds for contracts were subsequently approved by the City Council and thereafter submitted to the voters at a special election that was consolidated with the General Municipal Election held on November 7,2006. E. The voters approved the proposed Charter changes found in Charter Section 421 pertaining to purchasing and reporting. The voters also approved the Charter amendments in Section 421 as they pertain to the city manager authority to bind the city for contracts up to $25,000 for materials, supplies, labor, equipment or services. F. The Charter amendments approved by the voters also called for the City Council to adopt, through ordinance, rules and procedures for the competitive bidding for purchase of, or contracts for materials, supplies, labor, equipment or services with the ultimate goal of Ordinance No. NS-XXX Page 1 of 10 11A-1