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ORD- 2025 - 022 <br /> b . The Manager may approve and execute contracts for general and/or professional <br /> services which are within budgeted departmental appropriations , for purchases of <br /> apparatus supplies and materials or equipment which are within the budgeted <br /> departmental appropriations , and for leases of property for a duration of one year or less <br /> and within budgeted departmental appropriations for which the amount to be expended <br /> does not exceed $ 90 , 000 . <br /> c . The Manager is authorized to execute contracts , their amendments and extensions , in <br /> amounts otherwise reserved for Board approval and execution by the Chair, up to the <br /> Board -approved budgetary amount for a project or service that has been approved by <br /> the Board of County Commissioners in the current year budget . This section does not <br /> apply to projects in which the Board must approve and award a bid . <br /> d . 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 /> e . 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 /> f. Upon the Manager' s determination that certain property is surplus the Manager may <br /> dispose of County personal property consisting of one item or a group of similar items <br /> having a value of less than $ 30 , 000 . In disposing of the property the Manager may <br /> utilize any lawful method of disposal including and not limited to private or public sale , <br /> exchange , auction , etc . The Manager shall seek fair market value for the property . <br /> Consideration may consist of items and things other than currency . The Manager shall <br /> keep a record of all property sold under this section and that record shall generally <br /> describe the property sold or exchanged , to whom it was sold , or with whom exchanged , <br /> and the amount of money or other consideration received for each sale or exchange . <br /> g . The Manager is authorized to approve and execute leases of County property for a <br /> term not exceeding one year. Such leases of County property may not be extended <br /> beyond one year except by action of the Board of Commissioners . <br /> h . The County Manager is authorized to accept personal property donations to the <br /> County valued at $ 10 , 000 or less without requiring Board of Commissioners approval . <br /> Donations exceeding this threshold shall be reviewed and approved by the Board . <br /> i . The Manager may approve and execute the settlement of lawsuits , claims , and legal <br /> disputes having a dollar value that does not exceed $25 , 000 . The Manager may , with <br /> concurrence of the County Attorney , approve and execute the settlement of lawsuits , <br /> claims , and legal disputes having a dollar value between $25 , 000 and $ 100 , 000 . If the <br /> County Attorney does not concur with any settlement the County Attorney and County <br /> Manager shall consult with the Board of Commissioners on such settlements . <br /> Regardless of the preceding delegation of authority , the Board of Commissioners <br /> reserves unto itself the exclusive authority to settle any action having a dollar value in <br /> excess of $ 100 , 000 . <br /> 13 <br />