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35 <br /> Excerpt from FY 2013-2014 Budget Ordinance Adopted on June 18, 2013 <br /> Section XV. Contractual Obligations <br /> The County Manager is hereby authorized to execute contractual documents under the <br /> following conditions: <br /> 1. The Manager may execute contracts for construction or repair projects that do not <br /> require formal competitive bid procedures, and which are within budgeted departmental <br /> appropriations, for which the amount to be expended does not exceed $250,000. <br /> 2. The Manager may execute contracts for general and/or professional services which are <br /> within budgeted departmental appropriations, for purchases of apparatus supplies and <br /> materials or equipment which are within the budgeted departmental appropriations, and <br /> for leases of personal property for a duration of one year or less and within budgeted <br /> departmental appropriations for which the amount to be expended does not exceed <br /> $89,999. <br /> 3. Contracts executed by the Manager shall be pre-audited by the Financial Services <br /> Director and reviewed by the County Attorney to ensure compliance in form and <br /> sufficiency with North Carolina law. <br /> 4. The Manager may sign intergovernmental service agreements in amounts under <br /> $90,000. <br /> 5. The Manager may sign intergovernmental grant agreements regardless of amount as <br /> long as no expenditure of County matching funds, not previously budgeted and <br /> approved by the Board, is required. Subsequent budget amendments will be brought to <br /> the Board of County Commissioners for revenue generating grant agreements not <br /> requiring County matching funds as required for reporting and auditing purposes. <br /> 6. The Manager and Attorney will provide a quarterly report to the County Commissioners <br /> showing the type and amount of each intergovernmental agreement signed by the <br /> Manager. <br />