OR 2011-1296 Authority of City Manager up to $50,000AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2011-1296
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF
COPPELL BY AMENDING CHAPTER 1, ADMINISTRATION", ARTICLE
1 -5 "CITY MANAGER", SECTION 1 -5 -6, "AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE
AND APPROVE CHANGE ORDERS", SUB - SECTION (H), BY
REPLACING $25,000.00 WITH $50,000.00; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 1, "Administration ", of the Code of Ordinances be and the
same is hereby amended by amending Article 1 -5, "City Manager", Section 1 -5 -6, "Authority to
Purchase and approve change orders ", sub - section (H) by replacing $25,000.00 with $50,000.00,
which shall read as follows:
"CHAPTER 1
ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE 1 -5 "CITY MANAGER"
Sec. 1 -5 -6 Authority to purchase and approve change orders
H. The city manager, with the written concurrence of the city engineer,
is authorized to approve change orders on city construction and engineering
contracts without further approval from the city council, so long as the change will
not increase the cost to the city by more than $50,000.00, provided that the original
contract price ....."
SECTION 2. That all provisions of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas,
in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other
provisions not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. That should any word, phrase, paragraph, section or phrase of this ordinance
or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be held to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid,
the same shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole, or any part or provision thereof
other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, and shall not affect the
validity of the Code of Ordinances as a whole.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage
and the publication of the caption, as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the / 3 day of
IeCe,#& &-,— , 2011.
DOUGLA$ N. STOVER, MAYOR
ATTEST:
HRISTEL PETTINOS, CITY SECJIETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT E. HAGER, CITY TTORNEY
(REH /ajh)
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