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Amendment of Municipal Code Sections 2-92-230 and 2-92-260 regarding certification of bills for materials and services and final payments on contracts
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MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 2 - City Government & Administration - Ch. 92 Dept. of Purchases, Contracts & Supplies
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Chicago City Council May 24, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity
ORDINANCE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Section 2-92-230 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by inserting the language underscored, and by deleting the language struck through, as follows:
2-92-230 Bills for materials and services - Certification and payment.
The chief procurement officer Chief Procurement Officer shall receive all bills for supplies, materials, services^ and labor furnished upon orders issued by the Chief Procurement Officer-him. and shall certify to their correctness as to prices, extensions, totals and conformity to contract or purchase order. Where the supplies, materials, services^ and labor have been requisitioned by a department or office, the Chief Procurement Officer he-shall certify to their conformity to such requisition. He-The Chief Procurement Officer shall present such certificate to the comptroller Comptroller. When in the judgment of the chief procurement officer Chief Procurement Officer, it would be more appropriate in a given instance for another department head to perform such certification, the ohief procurement officer Chief Procurement Officer may delegate certification authority to such department head. All certifications under this Section shall be made in accordance with the applicable time periods under Section 3 of the Local Government Prompt Payment Act, codified at 50 ILCS 505 et seq. (the "Act"). Unless otherwise provided in Section 2- 92-260, all bills certified under this Section shall be paid bv the Comptroller in accordance with Section 4 and Section 5 of the Act, provided, however, that no contract subject to this Section may contain a time period for payment under Section 6 of the Act (50 ILCS 505/6) that is in excess of 90 days.
SECTION 2. Section 2-92-260 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by inserting the language underscored, and by deleting the language struck through, as follows:
2-92-260 Final Payments on Contracts.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b). following certification of the final bill pursuant to Section 2-92-230. final payment on all contracts shall be paid in accordance with Section 4 and Section 5 of the Local Government Prompt Payment Act, codified at 50 ILCS 505 et sea, (the "Act"), provided, however, that no contract subject to this subsection (a) may contain a time period for final payment under Section 6 of the Act (50 ILCS 505/61 that is in excess of 90 days.
(b) That the The final estimates and final payment on all contracts passed by the-oity eemed City Council, which said contracts are in an original amount in excess of $50,000.00, shall be submitted to the committee on finance Committee on Finance bv the various departments and said final payments may not be paid except on approval of the city council City Council.
Chicago City Council May 24, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect 120 days after passage, and shall apply to
Alderman, 36th Ward