§ 16-27. Approval of certain agreements.

The mayor is hereby authorized to sign the following agreements when approved by the city attorney or the city attorney's designee after recommendation by a department head or the department head's designee and review by the city manager or the city manager's designee:

(1)

Fire line service agreements.

(2)

Agreements, including purchase agreements for goods and services, contracts for professional services and personal services, grant agreements, and amendments, change orders, or addenda to such agreements, which, in total, do not exceed the amount set out in section 252.021(a) of the Texas Local Government Code.

(3)

Amendments, change orders, or addenda to agreements, including purchase agreements for goods and services, contracts for professional services and personal services, grant agreements, which agreements have previously been approved by the city council and which amendments do not exceed the amount set out in section 252.021(a) of the Texas Local Government Code.

(4)

Agreements permitting the use of city facilities and property.

(5)

Real property acquisitions within the following guidelines:

a.

Real property acquisitions negotiated to a settlement of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) or less, regardless of appraised value/staff valuation.

b.

Real property acquisitions negotiated to a settlement above two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) but not more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00), provided the negotiated settlement is within fifteen (15) percent of the appraised value/staff valuation. Negotiated settlements that exceed fifteen (15) percent must be approved by council action.

c.

All real property acquisitions negotiated to a settlement above fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) must be approved by council action, unless otherwise provided in this section.

d.

Real property acquisitions for the Lake Chapman Water Supply Project and outside of Dallas County negotiated to a settlement of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) or less, regardless of appraised value/staff valuation, and real property acquisition for said project negotiated to a settlement in any amount greater than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00), provided the negotiated settlement is within fifteen (15) percent of the appraised value/staff valuation.

e.

Payments for damage to land and/or seasonal crops during surveys, preacquisition activities, construction, repair, or maintenance for the Lake Chapman Water Supply Project caused by vehicular and/or construction equipment access through the easement area and/or adjacent routes to and from public roads or other points of entry may be negotiated up to a settlement amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00) when approved by a department head or designated representative.

f.

In eminent domain cases where the special commissioners have entered an award, the city manager, or the city manager's designee, is authorized, but not required, to deposit the award of the special commissioners into the registry of the court, and the city attorney, or the city attorney's designee, is authorized, but not required, to file an appeal of such award.

(6)

Irving Arts Center's grants under the Founders Fund Financial Assistance Program provided that such grants are approved by the Irving Arts Board and that the total amount of all such grants each year are at or within the amount approved for such grants in the annual budget approved by the Irving City Council.

(7)

Municipally-owned service pole collocation attachment license agreements.

(Ord. No. 2009-9089, § 1, 7-9-09; Ord. No. 2014-9644 , § 1, 12-11-14; Ord. No. 2018-10029, § 1, 2-15-18 )