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ORDINANCE NO~ NS- 2037
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
AMENDING SECTION 2-1 OF THE SANTA ANA
MUNICIPAL CODE TO INCREASE THE CITY
MANAGER'S AUTHORITY TO APPROVE CHANGE ORDERS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1: That Section 2-1 of the Santa Ana Municipal
code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2-1. City Manager's Authority
to Approve Change Orders.
The City Manager of the City of Santa Ana is hereby
authorized to bind the City of Santa Ana on change orders
to city contracts for materials, supplies or equipment, or
for public works construction as defined in Santa Ana City
Charter Section 421, without previous city council approval
when such change order for any one contract, together with
any previously approved change orders for said contract, do
not cumulatively amount to an increase of the city's
expenditure obligation under said contract of more than ten
(10) per cent, or the amount of ten thousand dollars
($10,000.00), whichever is the greater.
Section 2: If any section, subsection, sentence,
clau'se, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason
held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The
City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it
would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the
fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences,
clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
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ORDINANCE NO. NS-2037
ADOPTED this 20th
ATTEST:
~ice c.
Clerk of the Council
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Acosta
Griset Ave
May Ave
McGuigan
Norton Ave
Pulido
Young Aye
day of
November , 1989.
D~iel H. ~o~ng~, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney