HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 594ORDINANCE N0.594
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF MORRO BAY, CALIFORNIA
AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 3.08 OF THE MORRO BAY
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO CONTRACT AUTHORITY
AND THE PURCHASING PROCESS
THE CITY COUNCIL
City of Morro Bay, California
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Morro Bay does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1: Section 3.08.60 of the Morro Bay Municipal Code is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2: Section 3.08.80 of the Morro Bay Municipal Code is hereby amended, in
its entirety, to read as follows:
3.08.80 —Purchase order system
The purchasing agent is directed to implement a purchase order system for all contracts
and purchases for which city expenditures will be made; provided, that real property purchases,
utility expenses, payments to governmental agencies, claim or litigation settlements or judicially
required payments would not be subject to the purchase order system.
SECTION 3: The opening phrase of Section 3.08.100 of the Morro Bay Municipal Code
is hereby amended, in its entirety, to read as follows.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, purchases of supplies or equipment, of an
estimated value greater than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000), shall be by written
contract with the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, pursuant to the procedure
hereinafter prescribed:
SECTION 4: Section3.08.110 of the Morro Bay Municipal Code is hereby amended, in
its entirety, to read as follows:.
3.08.110 -Open market procedure.
The city manager, or his/her written designee, is authorized to sign a written contract or
purchase order to purchase supplies and equipment, from the same vendor, for a total
dollar amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) or less in the open market, pursuant to
the procedure hereinafter prescribed, and without observing the procedure prescribed in
Section 3.08.100; provided, that, all bidding may be dispensed with for purchases of
supplies and equipment from the same vendor for a total dollar amount of Two
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Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500) or less; provided, further, that such
authorizations are only effective to the extent the expenditure for the contract/purchase
order has been approved by the City Council by adoption of, or amendment to, the City's
budget.
A. Minimum Number of Bids. Open market purchases shall, wherever possible, be based
on at least three written quotations, and shall be awarded to the entity submitting the
lowest responsive and responsible quotation.
B. The purchasing agent, or her/his designee, shall solicit quotations for the purchases of
all goods and services above Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500). The
quotations may be solicited by telephone, or in writing, but must be documented and
attached to each purchase order, at the time of issuance.
SECTION 5: Section 3.08.140 of the Morro Bay Municipal Code is hereby amended, in
its entirety, to read as follows:
3.08.140 -Informal public project bid procedures.
Public projects, as defined in Sections 22000, et seq., of the Public Contract Code, of One
Hundred Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($175,000) or less may be let to contract by
informal procedures, as set forth in Sections 22032, et seq., of the Public Contract Code.
SECTION 6: Section 3.08.170 of the Morro Bay Municipal Code is hereby amended, in
its entirety, to read as follows:
3.08.170 -Award and amendment of contracts.
A. The city manager, or his/her written designee, is authorized to award and sign any
contract or purchase order for supplies, services or equipment with a total dollar amount
that does not exceed One Hundred Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($125,000) or is
subject to the bid procedures, as described in Section 3.08.1400 provided, that such,
authorizations are only effective to the extent the expenditure for the contract has been
approved by the City Council, by adoption of, or amendment to, the City's budget.
B. Any contract or purchase order, approved in accordance with this code, may be
amended by the city manager, or his/her written designee, so long as each amendment
does not exceed the lesser of 25 percent of the contract/purchase order amount or Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($50,000).
SECTION 7: This Ordinance shall take effect 30 days after its adoption. The City Clerk, or her
duly appointed deputy, shall attest to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause this
Ordinance to be published and posted in the manner required by law.
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INTRODUCED at a regular meeting the of the City Council of Morro Bay, held on the
1 lth day of August, 2015, by motion of Mayor Irons, seconded by Councilmember Headding.
PASSED AND APO PTED on the z:) day of August, 2015.
ATTEST:
JA� IE L. IRONS, I ayor
9A SWANSON, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO
. PANNONE, City Attorney
I, Dana Swanson, City Clerk for the City of Morro Bay, hereby certify that the foregoing
ordinance was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the City Council on the 11day of
August; 2015, and that hereafter the said ordinance was duly and regularly adopted at a meeting
of the City Council on the 251h day of August, 2015, by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Irons, Headding, Johnson, Smukler
Noes: None
Abstain: None
Absent: Makowetski
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
the City of Morro Bay, California, this 26` day of August, 2015.
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