GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION
CHAPTER 170
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY MANAGER TO AWARD AND EXECUTE CERTAIN CONTRACTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Section 9.82 of the Charter of the City of Charlotte, being Chapter 713, Session Laws of 1965, as amended by Chapters 133 and 333, Session Laws of 1969 and Chapter 481, Session Laws of 1973, rewritten by Chapter 391, Session Laws of 1979, and amended by Chapter 1140, Session Laws of 1981 and Chapter 343, Session Laws of 1985, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 9.82. Award and approval of certain
contracts. The city manager or his duly authorized designee is
hereby authorized to award, approve, and execute contracts or agreements of
any kind or nature on behalf of the city when the amount of such contract or
agreement does not exceed thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) fifty
thousand dollars ($50,000); provided that the city council shall have
approved a sufficient appropriation in the annual budget for the current fiscal
year for the general purpose specified in the contract or agreement.
In addition, the City Manager or his duly authorized designee is authorized
to approve and execute amendments to contracts or agreements, including
contracts initially approved by the City Council, when the amount in question
does not exceed thirty thousand dollars ($30,000). fifty thousand
dollars ($50,000). Furthermore, the City Manager or his duly authorized
designee is authorized to award, approve, and execute contracts for the
construction and installation of water and sewer lines that will eventually
become a part of the City utility system, regardless of the amount, where the
construction and installation is the sole responsibility and is at the sole
expense of another person, firm, or corporation."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 31st day of May, 1989.