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Council approves three charter change measures to raise manager spending authority to voters
Summary
Council approved placing three charter amendments on the November ballot to raise the city manager's contracting authority from $10,000 to $50,000, allow manager change orders up to a threshold, and permit award of contracts up to 10% over engineers' estimates.
The Ashtabula City Council voted to place three charter amendments on the November ballot that would increase the city manager’s authority over spending and contracting.
Under the proposed amendments council approved for submission to voters: (1) raise the manager’s contract authority in section 61 of the municipal charter from $10,000 to $50,000, (2) amend section 63 to permit the manager to enter change orders on contracts where the total contract price will remain at or below $50,000 without council…
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