OR 2009-1225 Purchases of personal property by the City ManagerAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. ~Qa / ~ /ZZ~
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SECTION 1-5-6, IN PART, TO
INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF PURCHASES OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY BY THE CITY MANAGER, WHICH DO NOT REQUIRE
COMPETITIVE BIDDING, FROM $25,000.00 TO $50,000.00;
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Coppell Code of Ordinances currently authorizes the City
Manager to approve purchases for lawful municipal purposes that are not required to comply with
the competitive bidding requirements and are expenditure of $25,000.00 or less; and
WHEREAS, Section 252.001 et. seq. of the TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
provides that such expenditures which do not exceed $50,000.00 are not required to comply
with the competitive sealed bidding process; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the City to
Increase the current amount to comply with State law;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Section 1-5-6 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Coppell, Texas, be and the same is hereby amended, in part, to read as follows:
"Sec. 1-5-6 Authority to purchase and approve change orders.
A. ....
B. All purchases of the personal property and contracts for construction,
repair, services (other than personal or professional), high
technology procurements, or any other lawful municipal purpose
that require and expenditure of $50,000.00 or less, regardless of the
source of funds or whether for consumables, recurring expenses,
capital outlay, or replacement shall be made by the city manager
upon such competitive basis as he may deem necessary and
advisable. If the expenditure is more than $3,000.00, the city
manager shall follow the procedures for contacting disadvantaged
businesses prescribed in section 252.0215 of the TEXAS LOCAL
GOVERNMENT CODE, as amended. All such purchases and
contracts may be made by the city manager as provided in this
subsection without further city council action.
C. A contract for personal or professional services requiring an
expenditure of $50,000.00 or less may be authorized by the
City Manager or his designee by administrative action, without
further council action. A contract for personal or professional
services requiring an expenditure exceeding $50,000.00 must be
authorized by the city council.
D. For purchases of personal property and contracts for
construction, repair, services, or any other lawful municipal
purpose requiring an expenditure exceeding $50,000.00, and
required by state law to be competitively bid, the city manager
or his designee shall follow the procedures set forth in
Chapter 252 of the TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
E. For purchases of personal property and contracts for construction,
repair, services or any other lawful municipal purpose requiring an
expenditure of $50,000.00 or less, and required by Chapter 252
to be competitively bid, the city manager or designee shall
tabulate the bids and select a vendor or contractor with the
lowest responsible bid. The city council, or the city manager,
when authorized to contract for the city, shall have the right to
reject any and all bids.
F. ....
G. No expenditure exceeding $50,000.00 may be made without
competitive bids except when the expenditure falls within one of the
general exemptions outlines in section 252.022 of the Texas Local
Government Code, provided however, that in the even of an
emergency expenditure, such emergency shall be declared by the city
manager and approved by the city council, or may be declared by the
city council in its resolution authorizing execution of the contract.
H. ....
I. .... «
SECTION 2. All provisions of the ordinances of the City of Coppell in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other provisions of the
Ordinances of the City of Coppell not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall remain
in full force and effect
SECTION 3. Should any sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or section of
this ordinance be adjudged or held to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, the same shall not
affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole, or any part or provision thereof other than the part
so decided to be invalid, illegal or unconstitutional, and shall not affect the validity of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage
and publication, as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this f~y of
2009.
APP OV D:
By:
GL N. STOVER, MAYOR
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By:
SB'~RT E. HAG, CITY ATTORNEY
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