§ 2.04.018. Pay-go funded purchase of services, goods and materials—Conditions for exemption from Council approval.

A.

The City Administrator is authorized to purchase services (professional or otherwise), goods, materials or equipment for capital improvement projects, in any amount, designated by the Mayor or individual Councilmembers from their respective balances in the City's pay-go fund account without review or action by the City Council subject to each of the following requirements:

1.

Such purchases may be made only for the purposes permitted by the funding source(s) of the pay-go account;

2.

Such purchases shall be paid for only with pay-go funds or by a combination of pay-go and private funds, such as funds raised by community groups or individuals for a park or other community project; and

3.

Such purchases shall be subject to all City of Oakland contracting laws, programs and policies such as, but not limited to, living wage, prevailing wages, equal benefits, local and small local business enterprise and nondiscrimination or City Council waiver by resolution shall be obtained as necessary by each of these programs or policies.

B.

City Administrator Must Maintain Separate Record of Pay-Go Purchases and Make Annual Report to City Council Identifying Prior Fiscal Year's Purchases. The City Administrator shall maintain a separate record of pay-go purchases including the name of the person who designated the purchase, the amount of the purchase, the purpose of the purchase, and the name, address and any other information sufficient to identify the consultant, contractor or vendor. No later than October of each year, the City Administrator shall provide an informational report to the City Council's Finance Committee and to the City Council regarding pay-go purchases that were made during the prior fiscal year.

(Ord. No. 13380, § 1, 7-19-2016; Ord. 12703 § 2, 2005)