§ 2-146. Change orders.

(a)

"Change orders" means changes, due to unanticipated conditions or developments, made to an executory contract.

(b)

The city manager is hereby authorized to approve and initiate work on the following types of change orders determined in his/her judgment to be in the public interest, as follows:

(1)

All change orders decreasing the cost of the contract to the city; providing, however, such decrease does not materially alter the character of the work contemplated by the contract.

(2)

A change order increasing the cost of the contract to the city by an amount not in excess of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000.00) over the initial city commission approved contract price may be approved by the city manager. Change orders in excess of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000.00) shall be approved by the city commission. Cumulative change orders up to ten (10) percent of the original contract price or one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00), whichever is less, may be approved by the city manager. The city commission shall approve cumulative change orders exceeding either ten (10) percent of the original contract price or one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00).

(c)

All other change orders must be formally approved by the city commission before work may be authorized to begin or continue; and no claim against the city of extra work in furtherance of such change order shall be allowed unless said prior approval has been obtained, notwithstanding any other provision, contractual or otherwise, with the exception of emergency conditions as set forth in section 2-141(a).

(d)

Change orders shall not artificially be distributed or divided so as to bring the amount within the approval level of the city manager, and any such proposed change order shall include within it all logically connected work required to be done at the time of the change order.

(Ord. No. 88-135, § 2, 10-24-88; Ord. No. 96O-132, § 13, 8-26-96; Ord. No. 99O-7-132, § 1, 8-30-99; Ord. No. 14O-09-149, § 1, 9-29-2014; Ord. No. 17O-06-126, § 5, 7-10-2017)