HomeMy WebLinkAbout73-147RESOLUTION NO. 73-147
By:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA ANA EMPOWERING THE CITY MANAGER TO
AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS IN
WRITING WITHOUT ADVERTISING AND WITHOUT PRE-
VIOUS 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 Aha 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 small 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 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 the City Council chooses to
execute the power provided in Section 421 of the Santa Ana
Municipal Charter and hereby authorizes the City Manager 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 to be furnished the city, in amounts
not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) in any one
contract.
RESOLUTION NO. 73-147
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City
of Santa Ana at its adjourned regular meeting held on
the ~ day of December , 1973.
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
ss
I, FLORENCE I. MALONE, do hereby certify that I am the
Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the fore-
going Resolution was introduced to said Council at its adjourned
regular meeting held on the 10 day of December ,
1973, and was at said meeting passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES, COUNCILMEN: Griset, Yamamoto,
Evans, %Yard
NOES, COUNCILMEN: Markel
ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None
Garthe, Patterson,
~ ~ATTORNEY