3.10.140 Authority to contract.
A. The manager is authorized to negotiate and execute contracts, applications and agreements for the purchase of goods and services or to secure intergovernmental funding on behalf of the city without prior council approval subject to the following conditions:
1. All contracts, applications and agreements shall be reviewed and approved as to form by the city attorney prior to execution.
2. All goods and services that are the subject of such contracts, applications and agreements shall be procured in compliance with Chapter 3.65 MCC.
3. No contract, application or agreement may be executed under the authority of this section which would require council to appropriate budgetary funds in any subsequent fiscal year.
B. The city manager may delegate to the assistant city manager, deputy city manager and department directors portions of these responsibilities as they relate to purchasing as set forth above. The city manager is specifically authorized to delegate contracting authority to bind the city for all legal purposes as follows:
1. The assistant city manager or deputy city manager is authorized to execute contracts for the departments he/she is responsible for provided the costs of such agreements are authorized in the current budget.
2. Department directors are authorized to execute contracts in amounts of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or less, provided the costs of such agreements are authorized in the current budget.
3. Authorizes applications and all necessary paperwork to apply for grant funds on behalf of the city. [Ord. 22-08 § 1; Res. 21-30; Ord. 21-09 § 2; Ord. 18-09 § 1; Res. 18-24; Code 2004 § 3-24.]