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ORDINANCE NO. 1219
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS, AMENDING
SECTION 21A-19 (PURCHASING SYSTEM) OF THE CYPRESS MUNICIPAL CODE
ESTABLISHING UPDATED PURCHASING AUTHORITY LIMITS
WHEREAS, California Constitution Article XI Section 5 grants charter cities
supreme authority in the area of municipal affairs; and
WHEREAS, every year the City of Cypress ("City") develops, approves, and
implements a Capital Improvement Program ("CIP"), established for the construction,
rehabilitation, and replacement of public improvements; and
WHEREAS, Section 21A of the Cypress Municipal Code ("CMC") establishes
regulations regarding contracting and purchasing policies of the City and specifically
outlines the current authority, powers, and duties of City Council, City Manager, and
purchasing officer with respect to the City's purchasing system; and
WHEREAS, the City updated the contract limits in June 2025 to $161 ,000 for the
construction, improvement, repair, or maintenance of public works and $77,000 for
professional services contracts related to public works projects; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to CMC Section 21A-12, the City's formal contract procedure
provides contract award authority to City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to streamline administrative processes for
routine, recurring capital projects and improve project delivery timelines and contain
costs; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Cypress desires to amend Section 21A
to attain the foregoing objectives.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS HEREBY
ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 . Recitals Incorporated. The City Council finds the foregoing
Recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 2. Amendment to CMC Section 21A-19. Section 21A-19 of the City of
Cypress Municipal Code shall be amended as follows (strikethrough represents deleted
language while bold italics represents added language):
"Section 21A-19 Contracts for public works.
Every project involving an expenditure of more than $100,000 $161,000 for the
construction, improvement, repair, or maintenance of public works shall be let in
accordance with the procedures set forth in the Charter of the City of Cypress.
Such projects involving an expenditure of $100,000 $161,000 or less may be
affected by the use of city forces or let through informal bid procedures applicable
to the purchase of supplies and equipment. For professional services contracts
under $507,000 $77,000 related to public works projects, the city manager is
authorized to enter into contract. Contracts in excess of$50,000 $77,000 shall be
approved by city council, except as specifically authorized in this section. These
limits shall be updated annually before July 1 of each year, based on the cost index
for construction costs in Los Angeles area as published by ENGINEERING NEWS-
RECORD, New York, New York, by resolution of city council. The City Manager
may administratively approve public works contracts for projects specifically
identified in Year One of the Seven-Year CIP approved by City Council resolution,
if the projects are within the approved budgeted amount and do not require
supplemental appropriations.
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Section 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, paragraph,
or phrase of this Ordinance or any part thereof is for any reason held to be invalid or
otherwise unenforceable by any court of any competent jurisdiction, such decision shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or any part thereof. The
City Council hereby declares that it would have enacted each and every section,
subsection, sentence, clause, paragraph, or phrase thereof, irrespective of any
determination of validity.
Section 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect 30 days after its
adoption.
Section 5. Certification. The City Clerk shall certify as to the passage and
adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published and posted at the
designated locations in the City of Cypress.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Cypress at a regular meeting held on the 14th day of July, 2025.
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MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
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CITY CLERK OF TH z y OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
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I, ALISHA FARNELL, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council
held on the 14th day of July, 2025, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 3 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Minikus, Peat and Medrano
NOES: 2 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Chang and Burke
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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CITY CLERK OF THE ITY Oft-CYPRESS