(1) Contracts for intergovernmental services shall be awarded and approved by the county council except those for $100,000 or less which may be awarded and approved by the county executive.

(2) Contracts for services for less than $10,000 that are neither architectural and engineering services nor services incidental to public work may be awarded and approved by the head of any executive department or a county official. Contracts for services for $50,000 or less that are neither architectural and engineering services nor services incidental to public work may be awarded and approved by the county executive. Contract amendments for services that are neither architectural and engineering services nor services incidental to public work and that in aggregate increase a contract by no more than 20 percent of the original contract amount may be approved by the county executive. The executive may delegate by executive order such award, approval or signature authority as the executive deems appropriate.

(3) Contracts subject to bidding requirements for $500,000 or less, for public work, supplies, materials, and equipment for which sufficient appropriation authority exists and which implement programs, projects, or functions the county council has specifically authorized by motion or ordinance, may be awarded and approved by the county executive. The executive may delegate by executive order such award, approval, or signature authority as the executive deems appropriate. Contracts subject to bidding requirements for more than $500,000 for public work, supplies, materials, and equipment, shall be awarded and approved by county council.

(4) Amendments, change orders, and orders for extra supplies, materials, equipment, or public work for $350,000 or less that in aggregate increase a contract by no more than 20 percent of the original contract amount, on contracts subject to bidding requirements for which sufficient appropriation authority exists and where the extra supplies, materials, equipment, or public work was addressed or could be reasonably assumed to be addressed in the original bid documents, may be awarded and approved by the county executive, except as provided in subsection (6) of this section. The executive may delegate by executive order such award, approval or signature authority as the executive deems appropriate.

(5) Contracts incidental to litigation for $100,000 or less may be awarded and approved by the prosecuting attorney.

(6) Options in purchase contracts to extend performance may be exercised by the manager, with the concurrence of the official or department head involved, when it is in the best interests of the county to do so.

(7) The purchasing manager or designee may approve contract amendments for $250,000 or less per year that extend or renew contracts that have been previously competed for information technology software or maintenance services.

(8) Except as provided by ordinance, all contracts shall be awarded and approved by the county council. (Added by Ord. 86-003 § 17, Feb. 12, 1986; Amended by Ord. 89-027 § 16, May 17, 1989; Amended by Ord. 92-058, June 24, 1992; Amended by Ord. 95-011 § 1, Apr. 26, 1995, Eff date May 8, 1995; Amended by Ord. 97-093 § 1, Oct. 22, 1997, Eff date Nov. 3, 1997; Amended by Emerg. Ord. 07-033, Apr. 18, 2007, Eff date Apr. 18, 2007; Amended by Ord. 07-036, May 21, 2007, Eff date June 15, 2007; Amended by Amended Ord. 08-002, Jan. 30, 2008, Eff date Feb. 11, 2008; Amended by Amended Ord. 08-065, June 4, 2008, Eff date June 16, 2008; Amended by Amended Ord. 23-074 § 12, Sept. 13, 2023, Eff date Oct. 1, 2023).