A. Amounts of Ten Thousand Dollars or Less. All contracts involving the purchase of services under which the city is obligated to pay ten thousand dollars or less shall be set forth in writing, approved as to form by the city attorney, signed by a city department head and the finance director, and filed with the city clerk.

B. Contracts of More than Ten Thousand Dollars and Less than Forty Thousand Dollars and One Cent. All contracts involving the purchase of services under which the city is obligated to pay more than ten thousand dollars and less than forty thousand dollars and one cent shall be set forth in writing, approved as to form by the city attorney, signed by the mayor, a city department head, the city attorney, the finance director, and filed with the city clerk.

C. Amounts Over Forty Thousand Dollars. With the exception of contracts under the city’s single-family residential rehabilitation program which are funded with federal funds, which do not exceed the city council-adopted maximum amounts, all contracts under which the city is obligated to pay more than forty thousand dollars, whether or not such amounts will be paid or reimbursed by a third party, shall be authorized only by the city council. Such contracts shall also require the signatures set forth in subsection B of this section.

D. Amendment to Contracts. Any amendment or modification of any contracts subject to the provisions of this section shall be set forth in writing and signed as required by the applicable subsection of this section. Contracts requiring city council authorization, except for public works contracts, may only be amended by city council action. Except for public works contracts, amendments cumulatively exceeding the amounts set forth in subsection B of this section shall be authorized only by the city council.

E. Public Works Contract Amendment. Each amendment to a public works contract (change order) exceeding an amount of ten thousand dollars or which, together with all other previously approved change orders for that contract, exceeds twenty-five percent of the original contract amount, must be authorized by the city council and shall require the signatures specified in subsection B of this section, regardless of whether the city’s obligation under the original contract was for forty thousand dollars or more. Other change orders shall not require city council approval, but shall require the signatures specified in subsection B of this section.

F. Representation Must be in Writing. The city of Bakersfield shall not be bound by any representation of any officer, employee or agent of the city which would serve to create or amend a contract unless and until such representation has been set forth in writing and approved and signed as set forth in this section.

G. Notwithstanding subsection C of this section, contracts for the purchase of concrete, fuel and asphalt less than seventy-five thousand dollars and one cent shall not require city council authorization. (Ord. 4285 § 1, 2005; Ord. 4057 § 1, 2002; Ord. 3863 §§ 3—7, 1998; Ord. 3750 § 1, 1997; Ord. 3705 § 1, 1996; Ord. 3278 § 1, 1990)