Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2019-5600

• Record #: O2019-5600
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Failed to Pass
• Intro date: 7/24/2019
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
• Final action: 5/24/2023
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Chapter 2-92 regarding City Council approval for execution of certain contracts and bonds
• Sponsors: Villegas, Gilbert, Curtis, Derrick G., Mitchell, Gregory I., Maldonado, Roberto, Mitts, Emma, Sawyer, Roderick T., Brookins, Jr., Howard, Burnett, Jr., Walter
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 2 - City Government & Administration - Ch. 92 Dept. of Purchases, Contracts & Supplies
• Related files: R2023-766

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/24/2023		City Council	Failed to Pass
7/24/2019	4394	City Council	Referred

Chicago City Council July 24lh, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE Ordinance
Transparency and Accountability in Contract Change Orders

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Chapter 2-92 of the Municipal Code is hereby amended by deleting the stricken text and adding the underscored text as follows:
ARTICLE I. DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION
2-92-010 Establishment - Composition - Chief procurement officer.
There is hereby established an executive department of the city which shall be known as the department of procurement services (for purposes of this chapter, "D.P.S."). The department shall include such assistants and employees as may be provided for in the annual appropriation ordinance. The head of the department shall be the chief procurement officer whose appointment, powers, functions, duties and obligations are provided for by the "Municipal Purchasing Act for Cities of 500,000 or More Population", codified at 65 ILCS 5/8-10-1, et seq., as amended (for purposes of this chapter, "Municipal Purchasing Act"). The chief procurement officer shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to approval by the city council. The chief procurement officer shall provide direction and require assistance and input from other city departments to develop and implement department procurement plans. The chief procurement officer is authorized to engage one or more agents in the performance of his or her functions, including, but not limited to, conducting procurements using innovative methods as provided in section 2-92-640 ofthis Code, or the disposal of city surplus goods and equipment, old fleet vehicles or salvage and scrap.
The chief procurement officer is authorized to: (i) administer Article II of Chapter 1-23 of the Code, as supplemented by Section 2-92-320: (ii) implement standards for ineligibility under said Article II comparable to those set forth in Section 8-10-11 of the Municipal Purchasing Act; and (iii) promulgate rules to a...