Fort Walton Beach Ordinance — 1804 Amend Code 4.01.025 contininuing contracts — reading text

ORDINANCE 1804 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA; PROVIDING AUTHORITY; AMENDING SECTION OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO PERMIT 4. 01. 025 CONTINUING CONTRACTS; AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA: Section 1. AUTHORITY & INTENT The authority for enactment of this ordinance is section 166.021, Florida Statutes 2009), and provisions of the City Charter. Section 287.055( 2)( g), Florida Statutes, defmes a " continuing contract". A continuing contract is a contract for professional services within the scope of the practice of architecture, professional engineering, landscape architecture, or registered surveying and mapping, as defined by the laws of the state, or those performed by any architect, professional engineer, landscape architect, or registered surveyor and mapper in connection with his or her professional employment or practice that has been entered into in accordance with all the procedures of Section 287. 055, Florida Statutes, as amended. Continuing contracts will be more efficient and cost effective for the City to complete capital projects and studies for engineering, architecture, and other consulting services. Therefore, the City Council fmds that it is in the best interests of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens that the City' s purchasing requirements are amended to include provisions for continuing contracts. Section 2. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 4. 01. 025, PRACTICES FOR PURCHASES OF $20,000 OR LESS. Section 4. 01.025 of the code of Ordinances is hereby amended as follows: 4.01.025 Practices/ or purchases 0/$ 20,000 or less The administrative practices to be used for purchases of $20,000 or less shall be prescribed by the city manager. Public advertisement and competition is required for city purchases in excess of $20,000; provided, however, that equipment and vehicle repairs may be made at a cost below 25, 000 without public advertisement and bids and continuing contracts may be awarded consistent with Florida law. The establishment of threshold amounts does not preclude the city manager from prescribing public advertisement and bids for purchases, vehicle and equipment repair below the establishment threshold amounts, including the awarding or rejection of bids in these categories. The awarding or rejection of bids above the established threshold amounts of $20, 000 and $ 25, 000 requires