10-29-23-Ordinance-Delegating Purchasing Authority to the City Manager per the Policy-10/16/2023CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS
ORDINANCE IO-29-23
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER, DENTON
COUNTY, TEXAS, DELEGATING PURCHASING AUTHORITY TO THE CITY
MANAGER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY CHARTER AND THE CITY'S
PURCHASING POLICY AND PROCEDURES MANUAL; PROVIDING FOR THE
REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A CUMULATIVE
CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION; AND ESTABLISHING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Sanger (the "City") is a home rule municipality regulated by state
law and Charter; and
WHEREAS, On October 16, 2023, the City Council approved Resohrtion No. 2023-15
to adopt a Purchasing Policy and Procedures Manual;
WHEREAS, the City Council intends to authorize the City Manager to contract for goods,
services, and projects as previously approved by Ordinance No. 08-19-23 and further outlined in
the City's Purchasing Policy and Procedures Manual adopted on October 16, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the passage of this Ordinance is in the best interest
of the citizens of Sanger.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANGER, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Manager is authorized to sign contracts under $50,000 for services
and projects authorized in the budget as well as contracts of any amount when authorized by the
City Council.
SECTION 2. That the City Council delegates to the City Manager further purchasing authority
as outlined in the City's Purchasing Policy and Procedures Manual adopted by City Council on
October 16, 2023.
SECTION 2. That all matters stated in the preamble are found to be true and correct
and are incorporated herein as if copied in their entirety.
SECTION 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council. that the sections,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases and words of this Ordinance are severable and, if any
word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this Ordinance shall be declared
unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining portions of this Ordinance, since the same
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would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this Ordinance of any
such unconstitutional word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section.
SECTION 4. That this Ordinance shall be cumulative of all other City Ordinances and all other
provisions of other Ordinances adopted by the City which are inconsistent with the terms or
provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5. This ordinance will take effect immediately from and after its passage and the
publication of the caption, as the law and Charter in such case provides.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Sanger, Texas, on this
16th day of October 2023.
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED:
Thomas E. Muir, Mayor
APPROVED TO
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