1.107.030 Contracts – Execution.
(1) All contracts to which the City is a party shall be in writing and executed in the name of the City by the Mayor or his or her designee, under the authority or direction of the City Council, attested by the City Clerk and, when necessary, acknowledged.
(2) Minor Contracts.
(a) The City Council hereby authorizes and directs the Mayor, or his or her designee, to execute minor contracts without prior individual approval of each contract by the City Council if the amount of the contract is within the amount of the funds appropriated for that purpose in the city budget. Procurement requirements of the City of Pullman may not be artificially divided so as to constitute a minor procurement under this section.
(b) Procurements not subject to public bid, as minor procurements, shall be made with such competition as is practicable under the circumstances. The Mayor, or his or her designee, shall, by regulation, establish a procedure for securing telephone or written quotations for minor procurements.
(c) The Mayor or his or her designee may, upon his or her own volition, place any specific contract on the City Council agenda for individual City Council authorization as he or she may see fit.
(3) Contracts which were publicly bid require City Council approval prior to execution.
(4) In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 39.04 RCW as now adopted or as subsequently amended, the Finance Director or the Public Works Director shall publish notice in the official newspaper of the city of the existence of all vendor lists, consultants lists, and the small works roster of the city and shall solicit the names of vendors for additions to the vendor and consultant lists and small works roster. (Ord. 18-7 §16, 2018; Ord. 05-20 §1, 2005; Ord. 04-18 §3, 2004).