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ORDINANCE NO. NS-2717
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA ANA AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 8 OF
THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO CITY
MANAGER'S AUTHORITY TO ENTER CONTRACTS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines
and declares as follows:
A. The Section 421 of the Santa Ana Charter provides that the city council may
authorize the city manager to bind the city on contracts in an amount not
exceeding $10,000.00.
B. The City Council has proposed that the voters amend Section 421 of the
Santa Ana Charter to authorize the City Council to set, by ordinance, the
dollar amount of the City Manager's authority to bind the city on contracts.
Section 2. Section 2-801 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, relating to city
manager's authority, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2-801. City manager's authority.
The city manager is authorized to bind the city to anyone written contract for an
amount not exceeding the sum of leA thou.ana aallar. ($10,000.00) twentv-five
thousand dollars ($25.000.00)
Section 3. This ordinance shall become effective only upon the approval of the
amendment of Santa Ana Charter Section 421 by a majority of the voters of the City of
the Santa Ana at the November 7, 2006 general election.
ADOPTED this 3rd day of Julv, 2006.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Joseph W. Fletcher
City Attorney
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Laura Sheedy
Assistant City Attorney
AYES Councilmembers Alvarez. Bisl. Bustamante. Christy.
Garcia. Pulido, Solorio (7)
NOES: Councilmembers None (0)
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers None (0)
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers None (0)
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, PATRICIA E. HEALY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify the
attached Ordinance No. NS-2717 to be the original ordinance adopted by the City
Council of the City of Santa Ana on July 3. 2006, and that said ordinance was published
in accordance with the Charter of the City of Santa Ana. /
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