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17 <br /> Any capital project or grant budget previously adopted, the balance of any anticipated, but not <br /> yet received, revenues and any unexpended appropriations remaining on June 30, 2019, shall <br /> be reauthorized in the FY 2019-20 budget. <br /> Section XVI. 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 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. Subject to prior Board of County Commissioner authorization at an official Board <br /> meeting, the Manager is authorized to execute contracts, their amendments and <br /> extensions, in amounts otherwise reserved for Board approval and execution by the <br /> Chair, up to the Board-approved budgetary amount for a project or service that has been <br /> approved by the Board of County Commissioners in the current year budget. <br /> 4. Contracts executed by the Manager shall be pre-audited by the Chief Financial Officer <br /> and reviewed by the County Attorney to ensure compliance in form and sufficiency with <br /> North Carolina law. <br /> 5. The Manager may sign intergovernmental service agreements in amounts under <br /> $90,000. <br /> 6. 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 /> 7. 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 /> This budget being duly adopted this 18t" day of June 2019. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Bedford, seconded by Commissioner Dorosin for <br /> the Board to adopt the FY2019-20 Budget Ordinance, the FY2019-20 County Grant Projects, <br /> and the FY2019-20 County Fee Schedule, consistent with the parameters outlined in the <br /> Board's "Resolution of Intent to Adopt the FY2019-20 Orange County Budget". <br /> Commissioner Bedford said Durham Tech wanted to allow scholarships to be used for <br /> technical classes, and asked if this should be included. <br />