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Final Passage of Ordinance Amending the Alameda Municipal Code by Amending Section 2-59.3 (Authorization of Contracts) of Chapter II (Administration) to Increase the City Manager, City Attorney, and City Clerk’s Contract Authorization Authority. (Finance 10024501)
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The staff report for this ordinance was included when the ordinance was introduced and is available at the following link:
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This ordinance was not revised when it was introduced.
Full text of the ordinance:
CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. ______
AMENDING THE ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 2-59.3 (AUTHORIZATION OF CONTRACTS) OF CHAPTER II (ADMINISTRATION) TO INCREASE THE CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, AND CITY CLERK’S CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to increase the City Manager’s and designated staff’s purchasing threshold to achieve administrative efficiencies, in alignment with the City’s revised Purchasing Policy.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Alameda does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1. AMENDMENT TO ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE.
Section No. 2-59.3 (AUTHORIZATION OF CONTACTS) of Chapter 2 (ADMINISTRATION) of the Alameda Municipal Code, is hereby amended as follows (underlined for additions and strikeout for deletions):
2-59.3 - Limitation and Power to Make Contracts.
Except as otherwise provided in the Charter or this Code, no employee of the City shall make any contract, obligating the City, or any department of the City, to make or receive payments of money or other valuable consideration for a period longer than five (5) years, unless such contract shall have been first approved by the Council.
For the purpose of this section, a contract obligating the City, or any operational department of the City, to make or receive payments or other valuable consideration for a period longer than ...
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