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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity of Tamarac Ordinance O-2004-036Temp. Ord. 2067 October 25, 2004 Rev. 1 — October 29, 2004 Rev, 2 — November 16, 2004 CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA ORDINANCE NO. 0-2004-.3 6 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, AMENDING TAMARAC CODE CHAPTER 6 ENTITLED "FINANCE AND TAXATION" ARTICLE V, "PURCHASING PROCEDURES", SECTION 6-156(B)(2), "CHANGE ORDERS" INCREASING CITY MANAGER'S APPROVAL AUTHORITY FOR CHANGE ORDERS FROM $10,000 TO A MAXIMUM OF $30,000; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Charter Section 12.09 requires that all contracts or other instruments to which the City is a party shall be executed by the Mayor and attested by the City Manager, except where the execution of short-term leases and instruments are delegated by ordinance or resolution to other officials; and WHEREAS, Charter Section 5.04(e) provides that the City Manager shall execute contracts on behalf of the City pursuant to appropriate ordinances, resolutions and directions of the Commission; and Charter Section 5.04(I) provides that the heads of each department, division or agency shall be responsible to the Manager for the operation thereof and shall perform such duties and have such powers as may be prescribed; and WHEREAS, the City Manager currently has the authority to approve change orders increasing the cost of a contract to the City by an amount not in excess of $10,000; and CODING: Words in ugh type are deletions from the existing law; Words in underscored type are additions. 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Ord. 2067 October 25, 2004 Rev. 1 — October 29, 2004 Rev. 2 — November 16, 2004 WHEREAS, in order to keep work progressing on construction related projects when relatively small change orders are required and to maintain consistency within the Code, it is necessary to increase the City Manager's change order approval authority from $10,000 to a maximum of $30,000; and WHEREAS, the City Manager, Deputy City Manager/Interim Director of Finance and Purchasing and Contracts Manager recommend amending Chapter 6, entitled "Finance and Taxation", Article V, "Purchasing Procedures" Section 6- 156 (b) (2) "Change Orders" increasing authority of the City Manager to approve change orders to a maximum of $30,000; and WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, deems it to be in the best interest of the citizens and residents of the City of Tamarac to amend Chapter 6, entitled "Finance and Taxation", Article V, "Purchasing Procedures" Section 6-156 (b) (2) "Change Orders" increasing the authority of the City Manager to approve change orders up to a maximum of $30,000. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA: SECTION 1: The foregoing "WHEREAS" clauses are hereby ratified and confirmed as being true and correct and are hereby made a specific part of this Ordinance. 1 CODING: Words in struel(thredgh type are deletions from the existing law; Words in unqgrscored type are additions. Temp. Ord. 2067 October 25, 2004 Rev. 1 — October 29, 2004 . Rev. 2 — November 16, 2004 SECTION 2: That Chapter 6, entitled "Finance and Taxation" of the 1 Tamarac City Code, Article V "Purchasing Procedures", Section 6-156 (b) (2) is hereby amended as follows: Sec. 6-156. Change Orders (b) The city manager is authorized to approve and initiate work on the following types of change orders determined in his judgment to be in the public interest as follows: (1) All change orders decreasing the cost of the contract to the city; Providing, however, such decrease does not materially alter the character of the work contemplated by the contract; (2) A change order increasing the cost of the contract to the city by an amount not in excess of thirty thousand dollars 30 000 . SECTION 3: It is the intention of the City Commission and it is hereby ordained that the provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Tamarac, Florida, and that the Sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered, relettered and word "Ordinance" may be changed to "Section" , "Article" or such other word or phrase in order to accomplish such intention. CODING: Words in stftf Fwoug type are deletions from the existing law; Words in underscored type are additions. Temp. Ord. 2067 October 25, 2004 Rev. 1 — October 29, 2004 Rev. 2 — November 16, 2004 SECTION 4: That all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances, and all Resolutions or parts of Resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. SECTION 5: That if any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Ordinance that can be given affect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Ordinance are declared severable. SECTION 6: That the provisions of this Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and adoption. PASSED, FIRST READING this 24th day of November, 2004. PASSED, SECOND READING this 8th day of Dec ber, 2004. w JOE SCHREIBER MAYOR ATTEST: t J(RECORD OF COMMISSION VOT : 1st Reading zJVIARION SW NSON, cKAc MAYOR SCHREIBER CITY CLERK DIST 1: COMM. PORTNER DIST 2: COMM. FLANSBAUM-TAL B SCO DIST 3: V/M SULTANOF DIST 4: COMM. ROBERTS 12,,4-,e— I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have approved this ORDINANCE as to form. RECORD OF COMMISSION VOTE: Pd Reading MAYOR SCHREIBER DIST 1: COMM. PORTNER DIST 2: COMM. FLANSBAUM-TALABIS O DIST 3: V/M SULTANOF ,V DIST 4: COMM. ROBERTS MITCHELL . KFVT CITY ATTORN CODING: Words in streek thFOUgh type are deletions from the existing law; Words in underscprqd type are additions.