HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2590 ORDINANCE NO. 2590
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
BY REPEALING SECTIONS 3. 03.030 , 3 .03.0501 AND
3.03. 070 ; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 3.03.010 ,
3.03. 020 , 3.03. 060 AND 3. 03. 090 PERTAINING TO
CONTRACTING FOR SERVICES
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does
ordain as follows :
SECTION 1. Sections 3. 03. 030, 3. 03.050, and 3 . 03.070 of
the Huntington Beach Municipal Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended by amending sections 3. 03 .010, 3. 03. 020, 3. 03 .060 and
3 .03. 090 to read as follows :
3.03 .010 Purpose. This chapter is adopted in order to
provide a uniform procedure for contracting for certain services
by the city of Huntington Beach.
3 .03.020 Definitions . (a) "Consultant" means any provider
of services under this chapter as an individual, partnership,
corporation or otherwise.
(b) "Director" means the department head or his authorized
representative vested with the authority to administer the pro-
visions of this chapter with respect to contracting for services.
( c) "Services" means those services which require a special
skill or expertise or services which are not readily or efficiently
procured by competitive bidding.
3.03.060 Procedure. The procedure for the contracting of
services is as follows :
( a) The director of the department primarily responsible
for the particular project shall prepare a written statement
defining the necessity and scope of the project, and submit it
to the city administrator. Upon approval by the city administra-
tor, the director shall prepare a written statement of the speci-
fications, conditions and other requirements for the requested
servicesand provide a copy to consultants who may wish to perform
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(b ) Except in extraordinary circumstances , the director, or
his designee, shall request informal written proposals from not
less than three (3) available qualified consultants. He shall
thereafter conduct discussions with them regarding the project
if such discussions are indicated by the complexity of the project,
and based upon the selection guidelines established in section
3. 03. 040 and the criteria established by him, select the con-
sultant from the responsible proposals submitted to him, deemed
to be the most highly qualified to provide the services required.
(c ) If the procurement has been budgeted, contractual
agreement shall be negotiated with the consultant subject to
final approval as to form by the city attorney, and as to con-
tent by the city administrator. The final agreement shall be
approved by the city council.
(d) If the procurement has not been budgeted, then the
director shall prepare a request for appropriation for the city
administrator to submit to the city council in the usual pre-
scribed manner.
(e) The city attorney shall counsel and advise city of-
ficials in the implementation of this chapter.
3. 03. 090 Authorization by city administrator. In the case
of an emergency which requires the immediate retention of a pro-
fessional consultant, the city administrator may authorize the
department director to secure by the open-market procedure, at
the lowest obtainable price consistent with professional stand-
ards , any professional service regardless of the amount of the
expenditure. A full report of the circumstances of all emergency
purchases shall be filed with the city council by the city
administrator and shall be entered in the minutes of said council.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 6th
day of December , 19 82.
Mayor
ATTEST- , REVIEW AND APPROVED:
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City Clerk City Administrator
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Ord. No. 2590
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the whole number
of member$ of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven
that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 15th day of November
19 82 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 6th day of December , 19 82 and
was 'passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of
all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
Thomas, MacAllister, Mandic Finley, Bailey, Kelly
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Pattinson
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
1, Alicia M. Wentworth CITY CLERK of the City of
Hunting ;;n Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City
Council, do hereby certify that a synoFs's of this
ordinance :,as been pu'tiished 3h the Huntington
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