City Council
Staff Report
From: City Manager
Report Type: INFORMATION REPORTS
Lead Department: Administrative Services
Meeting Date: September 15, 2025
Report #:2503-4252
TITLE
Semi-annual Reports of Contracts Awarded by the City Manager, Procurement Officer or Other Designated Employees for the period of January 1, 2025 through June 30, 2025; CEQA Status- Not a Project.
RECOMMENDATION
This is an informational report and no action is required.
DISCUSSION
Palo Alto Municipal Code (PAMC) Section 2.30.710(a)1 requires the City Manager to provide a semi-annual report to Council consisting of contracts awarded by the City Manager, Procurement Officer or other designated employees for:
1. Goods contracts $85,000 through $250,000 per year (Attachment A), and
2. Professional and General Services $25,000 through $85,000 and Public Works Contracts $85,000 through $250,000 per year (Attachment B).
The contracts in Attachment A consist of nine (9) distinct awards for goods, and the contracts in Attachment B consist of seventy-seven (77) distinct awards for a range of services. These awards are a core element of the efficient and effective provision of services by the City to our community and reflect extensive coordination and prudent decision-making.
1 Palo Alto Municipal Code 2.30.710 City Manager reports https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/paloalto/latest/paloalto_ca/0-0-0-62183
The PAMC section that sets forth the authority designated by Council to the Procurement Officer to award and sign contracts is PAMC 2.30.2002 and to the City Manager to award and sign contracts is PAMC 2.30.2103.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This activity is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as defined in CEQA Guidelines, section 15378, because it has no potential for resulting in either a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: Goods Contracts Awarded $85,000 through $250,000 per year Attachment B: Professional and General Services $25,000 through $85,000 per year and Public Works Contracts $85,000 through $250,000 per year
APPROVED BY:
Lauren Lai, Administrative Services Director
2 Palo Alto Municipal Code 2.30.200 Procurement officer contract award authority https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/paloalto/latest/paloalto_ca/0-0-0-61873 3 Palo Alto Municipal Code 2.30.210 City Manager contract award authority https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/paloalto/latest/paloalto_ca/0-0-0-61881