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Council raises city manager signing authority to $250,000 for leases, grants and purchases
Summary
The Medford City Council unanimously approved an ordinance increasing the city manager's signing authority to $250,000 for leases, grant agreements and real property transactions and raised department-head delegation limits to $25,000, citing inflationary adjustments and administrative efficiency.
Medford City Council on Wednesday approved council bill 2025-15 to increase the city manager's signing authority to $250,000 for leases, grant agreements and purchases and to raise department-head delegation limits to $25,000.
City staff told the council the change is intended to align longtime lease and grant-signing thresholds with earlier inflation-driven adjustments made for other contracting authority. "We ultimately decided to catch up and move city manager signing authority up to $250,000 for all forms of contracts," Mitten, a city staff member presenting the item, said.
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