ec. 19. Contracts.
No contract shall ever be made which binds the City to pay for
personal services to be rendered for any stated period of time; but
all contracts involving a personal service shall be restricted to the
doing of some particular act or thing, and upon its completion no
further liability shall exist on the part of the city.
Nor shall the City of Houston or any one acting for it make any
contract for supplies for the current use of any department of the
municipality for a longer period than twelve months, unless the
council approves a longer period of time not exceeding five years
for a specific contract by motion, resolution or ordinance adopted
by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Council Members present
and voting.
No contract shall be entered into until after an appropriation has
been made therefor, nor in excess of the amount appropriated, and
no contract shall be binding upon the city unless it has been signed
by the mayor and countersigned by the controller, and the
expense thereof charged to the proper appropriation, and
whenever the contract charged to any appropriation equals the
amount of said appropriation, no further contracts shall be
countersigned by the controller.
In every instance required by state law, contracts shall be
submitted for competitive bidding prior to being entered into by
the City. Procedures for such competitive bidding shall be
prescribed by the council, but the procedures must be in
accordance with state law. (Act of 1905; amended January 27,
1968, August 14, 1982)
No contract shall ever be made which binds the City to pay for
personal services to be rendered for any stated period of time; but
all contracts involving a personal service shall be restricted to the
doing of some particular act or thing, and upon its completion no
further liability shall exist on the part of the city.
Nor shall the City of Houston or any one acting for it make any
contract for supplies for the current use of any department of the
municipality for a longer period than twelve months, unless the
council approves a longer period of time not exceeding five years
for a specific contract by motion, resolution or ordinance adopted
by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Council Members present
and voting.
No contract shall be entered into until after an appropriation has
been made therefor, nor in excess of the amount appropriated, and
no contract shall be binding upon the city unless it has been signed
by the mayor and countersigned by the controller, and the
expense thereof charged to the proper appropriation, and
whenever the contract charged to any appropriation equals the
amount of said appropriation, no further contracts shall be
countersigned by the controller.
In every instance required by state law, contracts shall be
submitted for competitive bidding prior to being entered into by
the City. Procedures for such competitive bidding shall be
prescribed by the council, but the procedures must be in
accordance with state law. (Act of 1905; amended January 27,
1968, August 14, 1982)
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