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Port Angeles, WA Resolution No. 7-91

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City of Port Angeles, WA
Resolution No. 7-91

A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Port Angeles Authorizing the approval of change orders for construction contracts under certain circumstances, and establishing a procedure for City Council review.

WHEREAS, change orders, which are revisions to a construction contract, are an integral part of construction contracts that are administered by the Public Works Department and City Light Department; and

WHEREAS, decisions on change orders must often be made immediately to allow the contractor to continue with the work with a minimum of administrative delay; and

WHEREAS, the City of Port Angeles desires to establish a formal policy and procedure which would allow the City Manager and the Directors of Public Works and City Light to approve change orders under certain circumstances; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES as follows:

Section 1: The City Manager and the Director of Public Works and Director of City Light are hereby authorized and directed to approve and sign construction contract change orders on construction contracts under the following conditions:

  1. If the change order does not substantially change the scope of the project; and

  2. If the total increase or decrease in the contract amount, as a result of the change order, does not exceed fifteen percent (15%) for contracts under $100,000, and ten percent (10%) for contracts over $100,000 of the bid total stated in the original approved contract; except that no individual change order shall exceed $100,000; and

  3. If the total contract amount as adjusted by the change order is within the amount budgeted for the project.

  4. If the amount of the change order is $5,000 or less, the Director of Public Works or Director of City Light may approve and sign the change order; if the amount of the change order is over $5,000, it must also be approved and signed by the City manager or his designee.

Section 2: Where the Director of Public Works or Director of City Light approves and signs change orders according to the conditions stated above, he shall forward the change order to the City Council for its information within thirty (30) days of the signing of the change order.

Section 3: If the change order does not meet the conditions set forth in Section 1, the Director of Public Works or Director of City light shall submit the change order to the City Council for approval in advance of his approval and signing of the change order.

PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 19th day of March, 1991.

SIGNED: Joan K. Sargent, Mayor

ATTEST: Dorothy J. McFarland, Acting City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM: Craig K. Knutson, City Attorney