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EXHIBIT <br />CHAPTER 131 ~ <br />Mayor <br />131.01 Mayor's contract authority. <br />131.02 Authority to accept donations. <br />131.01 MAYOR'S CONTRACT AUTHORITY. <br />(a) The Mayor may execute any contract to which the City is a party without <br />obtaining authorization of Council if all of the following conditions exist: <br />(1) The contract does not involve an expenditure of City funds in excess of <br />five thousand dollars; <br />(2) The Director of Finance certifies, if an expenditure of funds is involved, <br />that, pursuant to Ohio R.C. 5705.41, sufficient funds have been lawfully <br />appropriated and are available for such expenditure; and <br />(3) The Mayor requests and obtains a written opinion from the Director of <br />Law that the contract is in proper form and substance. <br />(b) The Mayor, subject to review and approval by the Directors of Finance and Law, <br />may also execute credit applications and enter into credit contracts with City vendors approved <br />through either the City purchase order process or the City contracting process. <br />(c) If any of the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) or (b) above are not met with <br />respect to any contract to which the City is a party, then the Mayor shall, prior to executing any <br />such contract, obtain express authorization from the City Council. <br />131.02 AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT DONATIONS. <br />(a) The Mayor is authorized to accept donations of money and/or personal property <br />on behalf of the City, so long as: <br />(1) The donation represents an unconditional gift by the donor; <br />(2) The donation does not require that the City provide any matching funds or <br />property; and <br />(3) The fair market value of the donation does not exceed one thousand <br />dollars ($1,000.00). <br />(b) Prior to accepting any such donation of money or personal property that has a <br />value of at least two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) the Mayor shall submit a report to the Clerk <br />of Council approved as to form and substance by the Director of Law, which shall state the <br />purpose for which the donation has been made by the donor and, if the donation is money, the <br />City fund into which the donation shall be deposited. <br />(c) For purposes of this section, an "unconditional" gift is one in which there is no <br />obligation imposed by the donor upon the City as a condition of acceptance. A gift shall not be <br />considered "conditional" if the donor simply restricts the use of the gift to a particular <br />department or division of the City, or, if the gift is money, the fund into which the money shall <br />be deposited. <br />