ORD-2010-031 Amending the Orange County Fical Year 2009-10 Budget Ordinance Signing of Contracts

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Dt~p-~ln~ °3l P~ ~ o ~{ -off • ~ o ~f AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ORANGE COUNTY FISCAL YEAR 2009-10 BUDGET ORDINANCE WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners have requested the County Attorney evaluate the County's contract routing process for deficiencies in efficiency, and WHEREAS, the County Attorney has implemented numerous changes to the process, which have resulted in improved efficiency, and WHEREAS, the County Attorney has identified the minimal nature of the County Manager's authority to sign contracts as an area wherein efficiency could be improved by increasing the financial limits of the Manager's authority, and WHEREAS, the proposed amendment establishes a standard whereby the efficiency of the County's contract routing process may be improved. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, hereby amends the Orange County Fiscal Year 2009- 10 Budget Ordinance by adding (indicated by underlined language) and deleting (indicated by stricken through language) as follows: That Section XII be amended as follows: The County Manager is hereby authorized to execute contractual documents under the following conditions: 1) The Manager may execute contracts for construction or repair projects which do not require formal competitive bid procedures and for which the amount to be expended does not exceed $ 250,000. 2) The Manager may execute contracts for general and/or professional services which are within budgeted departmental appropriations, for purchases of apparatus supplies and materials or equipment which are within the budgeted departmental appropriations, and for leases of personal property for a duration of one year or less and within budgeted departmental appropriations for which the amount to be expended does not exceed $89,999. 3) The Board of Commissioners reserves solely unto itself the authority to approve and execute contracts with Board Consultants.