Ord 2025-4091 amends Ch. 2 expenditures limits

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ORDINANCE 2025-4091 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2 "ADMINISTRATION" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, BY AMENDING SECTION 2-81 "AUTHORITY OF CITY MANAGER TO CONTRACT FOR EXPENDITURES; LIMITS", BY DEFINING LIMITS OF CITY MANAGER PURCHASING AUTHORITY BASED ON AMOUNTS STATE RULES FOR COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND PROPOSALS; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS: Section 1: That Chapter 2, "Administration," Article III "Finance", Division 2 "Purchases and Contracts", Subdivision I "In General", Section 2-81 "Authority of city manager to contract for expenditures; limits", is hereby amended in its entirety and shall hereinafter read as follows: "Sec. 2-81. - Authority of city manager to contract for expenditures; limits. Pursuant to the provisions of Charter Section 5.02 regarding purchase procedure, the city council hereby confers upon the city manager general authority to contract for expenditures, without further approval of the city council, for budgeted items the cost of which does not exceed the constitutional and/or statutory thresholds for competitive sealed bidding or competitive sealed proposals. All contracts for expenditures in excess of constitutional and/or statutory thresholds for competitive sealed bidding or competitive sealed proposals must be expressly approved by the city council." Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance. Section 3: Should any section or part of this ordinance be held unconstitutional, illegal, or invalid, or the application to any person or circumstance for any reasons thereof ineffective or inapplicable, such unconstitutionality, illegality, invalidity, or ineffectiveness of such section or part shall in no way affect, impair or invalidate the remaining portions thereof; but as to such remaining portion or portions, the same shall be and remain in full force and effect and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.