Resolution - 2022-64RESOLUTION NO.2022-64
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING THE
THRESHOLDS FOR SMALL, INFORMAL AND FORMAL
PROCUREMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2-
328 (PURCHASING AUTHORITY; PURCHASE ORDER
AND CONTRACT APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS) OF
DIVISION 1 (GENERALLY) OF ARTICLE VII
(PURCHASES AND SALES) OF CHAPTER 2
(ADMINISTRATION) OF THE WEST COVINA
MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, on June 21, 2022, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2498, which
repealed and replaced Division 1 (Generally) and Division 2 (Purchasing System) and amended
Division 3 (Contracting for Public Projects) of Article VII (Purchases of Sales) of Chapter 2
(Administration) of the West Covina Municipal Code ("Revised Purchasing Ordinance"); and
WHEREAS, the Revised Purchasing Ordinance will take effect on July 22, 2022; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 2-328 (Purchasing Authority; Purchase
Order and Contract Approval Requirements) of Division 1 (Generally) of Article VII (Purchases
and Sales) of Chapter 2 (Administration) of the Revised Purchasing Ordinance, the City Council
shall, by resolution, establish the thresholds for small, informal and formal procurements; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to establish the thresholds for small, informal and
formal procurements in accordance with Section 2-328(a); and
WHEREAS, in establishing such thresholds, the City desires to provide consistency
between Division 2 (Purchasing System) and Division 3 (Contracting for Public Projects) of
Article VII (Purchases and Sales) of Chapter 2 (Administration) of the West Covina Municipal
Code by providing similar purchasing thresholds.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby approves the following purchasing thresholds:
Type of Procurement
Threshold
Small
$5,000.00-$59,999.99
Informal
$60,000.00-$199,999.99
Formal
$200,000.00 or greater
SECTION 2. The purchasing thresholds set forth in this resolution shall take effect on the
date Ordinance No. 2498 goes into effect.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and shall enter
the same in the book of original resolutions.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21 st day of June, 2022.
APPROVED AS TO FORM
- / J 17/y
Thomas P. Duarte
City Attorney
Dario Castellanos
Mayor
ATTEST
Lisa S nick
Assi nt City Clerk
I, LISA SHERRICK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK of the City of West Covina, California,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2022-64 was duly adopted by the City Council
of the City of West Covina, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 21 st day of June,
2022, by the following vote of the City Council:
AYES:
Castellanos, Diaz, Lopez-Viado, Tabatabai, Wu
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
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Lisa rrick
Assis t City Clerk