CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP AGENDA PACKET

Financial Management for Elected Officials January 2013 Institute for Local Government www.ca-ilg.org 31 31 See generally, GFOA Recommendation: Debt Management Policy (1995 and 2003), www.gfoa.org/downloads/debt-management-policy.pdf . 32 For county projects, the threshold for complying with state law relating to public work contracts and bidding procedures is based on population: counties with populations of 500,000 or more ($6,500); counties with populations of 2 million or more ($50,000); and all other counties ($4,000). See Cal. Pub. Cont. Code §§ 20120-20123. See also Cal. Pub. Cont. Code § 20390- 20409 (relating to work on county roads). For general law cities, public works projects worth more than $5,000 are subject to the state’s competitive bidding requirements. Cal. Pub Cont. Code §§ 20160-20162. The state’s Public Contract Code also has various competitive bidding requirements for special districts based on the kind of district. See Cal. Pub. Cont. Code §§ 20190-20381. Note that it is a misdemeanor to split projects to avoid competitive bidding requirements. See, e.g., Cal. Pub. Cont. Code §§ 20123.5, 20163. 33 Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 6. 34 See, for example, Golden Gate Bridge & Highway Dist. v. Luehring, 4 Cal. App. 3d 204 (1970). 35 See Cal. Gov’t Code § 8314; Cal. Penal Code § 424. See also Cal. Gov’t Code § 54964. 36 See Cal. Gov’t Code § 53232.2(b) (“If a local agency reimburses members of a legislative body for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties, then the governing body shall adopt a written policy, in a public meeting, specifying the types of occurrences that qualify a member of the legislative body to receive reimbursement of expenses relating to travel, meals, lodging, and other actual and necessary expenses.”). See also www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html for additional information on what such policies must include. Page 81 of 109