PRESENTER: Presenter
Jared Werner, Chief Financial Officer
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SUBJECT: Title
Approval of the second and final reading of an ordinance amending Section 2-130 of the City of New Braunfels Code of Ordinances to align with the City Charter.
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DEPARTMENT: Finance Department
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COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City-wide
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
First reading was presented on August 9, 2021 and unanimously approved the first reading of this ordinance.
On May 1, 2021 the voters of the City of New Braunfels voted to approve Changes to the City Charter Chapter 9. The City Council certified the changes on June 14, 2021. Proposition H amended Section 9.17 of the City Charter to increase the City Manager’s authority from $25,000 to $50,000 and to allow automatic adjustments to this amount if state law is amended in the future.
ISSUE:
The Code of Ordinances, 2-130 - City Manager-Execution of contracts and deeds, does not align to the amended Chapter 9.17 provision. The following changes are proposed to align to the newly adopted Charter changes.
Sec. 2-130. City manager-Execution of contracts and deeds.
The city manager is hereby authorized to execute the following documents on behalf of the city pursuant to the following conditions:
(1) All contracts for expenditures in an amount not exceeding $25,000.00 $50,000.00, or as that amount is hereafter amended by state law, provided that the expenditure is budgeted;
(2) All contracts for expenditures in excess of $25,000.00 $50,000.00, or as that amount is hereafter amended by state law, when said expenditures have been approved by the city council;
(3) Deeds and closing documents conveying real property owned by the city when the sale of the property has been approved by the city council;
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact to this request.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of an ordinance amending Section 2-130 of the City of New Braunfels Code of Ordinances to align with the City Charter.