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ORDINANCE NO. 1373
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCII~ OF THE CITY
OF LYNWOOD, CALIFORNIA, ADDING SECTION 6-3.15
TO THE LYNWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
CHANGE ORDERS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD, CALIFORNIA,
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
£~CT_:.:: is Section c--~.IS of the Lynwood Municipal
Code is hereby added as follows:
6-3.15 CHANGE ORDERS.
A. After the effective date of any contract executed
on behalf of the City for the purchase of equipment or supplies,
the retention of professional or other services, or work on a
public project, the•.City Manager shall have authority to approve
in writing any modification involving an addition to, deletion
from, or revision in any 'item in such contract, including,
without limitation, plans,'specifications and extra work, and
change orders relating to the nature or quantity of services,
equipment, supplies or work, subject to the following
limitations:
1. The dollar amount of all such modifications or
change orders relating to any one contract having an original
contract price of $1,000,000 or less shall not exceed $50,000 or
20~ of the original contract price, whichever is less. Any
modifications or change orders above this amount shall require
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2. The dollar amount of all such modifications or
change orders relating to any one contract having an original
contract price of $1,000,001 or more shall not exceed $100,000.
Any modifications or change orders above this amount shall
require City Council approval.
B. The authority herein conferred upon the City
Manager may, in the sound discretion of the City Manager, be
delegated in whole or in part to a department manager or other
designated employee or agent of the City.
C. An appropriate contract change order form shall be
used for approval of change orders. The form shall detail the
reasons for the proposed change, description of the change,
change in contract cost, extention in contract time (if
warranted), and new contract total cost including all change
orders. The contract change orders shall be signed by the
project manager, contractor, department director and City
Manager.
D. In connection with any specific contract where the
c_~.rcumstances so warrant, the City Council may, by resolution,
authorize the City Manager to exceed the specific dollar amounts
or percentage limitations set forth in subparagraphs 1 and 2 of
paragraph A.
E. If a proposed contract modification, change order
or request for extra work exceeds the limitations imposed upon
the City Manager by this section or by resolution, and any
extended delay in obtaining City Council approval is reasonably
determined to subject the City to liability for damages incurred
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by a contractor, or to jeopardize the public health, welfare or
safety, or to otherwise result in potential detriment to t!?e
City, then the City Manager shall have authority to exceed the
dollar amounts or percentage limitations specified herein.
F. The City Manager shall, not less frequently than
every six months, report to the City Council through a special
report or with the project acceptance report, on modifications
and change orders which are approved pursuant to this
Section 6-3.15.
SECTION 2: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and shall cause same to be published once in
the Lynwood press with~.n fifteen days after its passage and said
ordinance shall become effective thirty (30} days after its
passage.
INTRODUCED this 4th day of February , 1992
SIGNED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 18th DAY OF
Februarv 1992. -
o i Heine, Mayor
C~ Y ynwood
ATTEST:
Cln-~-EC-iLd a ~S ~
ANDREA HOOPER, City Clerk
City of Lynwood
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CITY OF lYNWOOD ~
I, ANDREA HOOPER, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was
duly and regularly adopted, passed and approved by the City
Council of the City of Lynwood, California, at a regular meeting
of said City Council held at the regular meeting place thereof on
the 18th day of Februarv , 1992 by the following vote:
AYES COUNCILMEMBERS BYRD, RICHARDS, WELLS, HEINE
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER REA
EXCUSED: COUNCILMEMBER REA
Dated this 19th day of February 1992
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Andrea Hooper, City lerk
Approved as to form:
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