Ord 60-2019 Amending Article IV, Division 2, Section 2-454 authority to approve contracts 11/19/2019
Ordinance No. 60-2019
Ordinance amending Chapter 2, Administration, at Article IV, Division
2, Section 2-454, to provide for a designee(s) of the city manager to
have authority to approve and execute city contracts; providing for
codification; providing an effective date
WHEREAS, the City Manager is currently the only staff official authorized to
execute city contracts in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00; and,
WHEREAS, in an effort to maintain efficiency in processing the execution of
contracts, there are certain situations in which the City Manager would appoint a designee
to execute city contracts in his stead; and,
WHEREAS, this ordinance would allow for the city manager or his designee to
execute city contracts that do not exceed $50.000.00.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
1. Chapter 2, Administration, of the Wichita Falls Code of Ordinances, is
hereby amended at Article IV, Division 2, Section 2-454, so that such section shall
hereafter read as follows:
Sec. 2-454 Authority to approve and execute city contracts.
The city manager or his designee is authorized to execute city contracts in an
amount not to exceed $50,000.00 and change orders to city contracts in an amount not
2. It is the intention of the City Council of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, that
the provisions of this ordinance shall become a part of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Wichita Falls, Texas, and that sections of this ordinance may be renumbered or
relettered to accomplish such intention.
3. This ordinance shall become effective on December 20, 2019.
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PASSED AND APPROVED this the 19 day of November, 2019.
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