Contract Signature Authority Amendment

At a glance

What: An ordinance amending Chapter 36 "Finances," Section 36.020 "Authorization of contracts and agreements" of the Code of Ordinances, setting which document types the Mayor may delegate signature authority for.
Where it stands: Ordinance 53-26 adopted July 14, 2026, as amended, 7-0.
Key change: Council substituted its own subsection (d), limiting delegation to a defined list of document types.

Second reading (Item 24, sponsor: Mayor). Main motion to adopt Ordinance 53-26 by Brown, seconded by Sigette.
Merkouris moved, seconded by Basye, to substitute subsection (d): the mayor may delegate signature authority by executive order to a department director, assistant director or the city engineer for these document types: real estate closing documents, easement and encroachment documents, subdivision construction agreements, construction change orders of $100,000 or less, mortgage satisfactions, vehicle titles, grant applications and reporting, and banking and investment documents and agreements.
The amendment carried on a roll call of 7-0, and the ordinance as amended also passed 7-0 (Thomason, Basye, Brown, Merkouris, Sigette, Soehl, Spellerberg).
The minutes record no discussion. They spell Basye's name "Bayse" in this item; the roll shows it as Basye elsewhere.

Amendment and Ordinance 53-26 as amended adopted, each 7-0.

Item 38, first reading. Sigette moved, Brown seconded setting second reading for July 14; 7-0.