RESOLUTION NO. _____
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA AUTHORIZING THE USE OF CITY WATER AND SEWER UTILITIES DEPARTMENT FORCES PURSUANT TO CHARTER SECTION 1310 WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clara’s Charter section 1310 requires all contracts involving an expenditure of over $1,000 for a public works project to be let to the lowest responsible bidder; WHEREAS, Charter section 1310 permits the City to use its own employees if the City Council determines that the public works may be done better or more economically by the City’s own employees, and, upon such determination, the City may proceed to have the public works project completed without further observance of Charter section 1310; WHEREAS, the City’s Water & Sewer Utility Department desires to perform certain public works, as set forth in the Report to Council dated August 27, 2024, by its own employees; and, WHEREAS, the City Council has declared and determined that the work in question may be performed better or more economically by the City with its own employees.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA AS FOLLOWS:
1. The City Council of the City of Santa Clara does hereby declare and determine that the public works set forth in the August 27, 2024 Report to Council, attached hereto and incorporated by this reference, may be performed better or more economically by the City with its own employees. //
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2. Effective date. This resolution shall become effective immediately.
I HEREBY CERTIFY THE FOREGOING TO BE A TRUE COPY OF A RESOLUTION PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA, AT A REGULAR MEETING THEREOF HELD ON THE ___ DAY OF _________, 2024, BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
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NORA PIMENTEL, MMC
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK
CITY OF SANTA CLARA
Attachments incorporated by reference: Aug. 27, 2024 Report to Council #24-467.
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