HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-04 CC Ordinance ORDINANCE NO. 2025-04
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TEMECULA AMENDING SECTIONS 3.32.010 AND
3.32.030 OF THE TEMECULA MUNICIPAL CODE
INCREASING PUBLIC WORKS BIDDING THRESHOLDS
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA UNIFORM
PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION COST ACCOUNTING ACT
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Findings. The City Council finds, determines and declares that:
A. Chapter 3.32 of the Temecula Municipal Code implements the provisions of the
Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act (Public Contract Code Section 22000 et seq.)
which procedures were made applicable to the City by City Council Resolution No. 90-03 pursuant
to Public Contract Code Section 22030.
B. Chapter 953 of the Statutes of 2024 (AB 2192) amended Public Contracts Code
Section 22032 to increase the bidding thresholds for public works bidding. This Ordinance
implements the changes to the public works bidding procedures authorized by the provisions of
Chapter 952.
SECTION 2. Amendment Section 3.32.010. Section 3.32.010 of the Temecula
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
§3.32.010. Scope of chapter—Public project bidding requirements.
A. The provisions of this chapter shall implement the provisions of the
Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act (Public Contract
Code Section 22000 et seq.)which procedures as made applicable to the
city by city council Resolution No. 90-03 pursuant to Public Contract
Code Section 22030.
B. Public projects of seventy five thousand dollars ($75,000) or less may
be performed by the employees of the city by force account, by
negotiated contract, or by purchase order, subject to the provisions of
Chapter 3.30, Local Vendor Preference Program.
C. Public projects of two hundred twenty thousand dollars ($220,000) or
less may be let to contract by informal procedures as set forth in this
chapter, except as provided in Section 3.32.030.C.
D. Public projects of more than two hundred twenty thousand dollars
($220,000) shall, except as otherwise provided in this article, be let to
contract by formal bidding procedure.
E. "Public project" as used in this chapter shall have the meaning set forth
in Public Contract Code Section 22002 as such section now exists or
may hereafter be amended.
F. All bidding and all work performed pursuant to the authority of this
chapter shall be subject to and in conformity with the provisions of the
Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act (Public Contract
Code Section 22000 et seq.) as such Act now exist or may hereafter be
amended.
SECTION 3. Amendment Section 3.32.030. Section 3.32.030 of the Temecula
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
§3.32.030. Notice of inviting informal bids—Minor exception.
A. For those public projects subject to the informal bidding provisions of
this chapter, not less than ten calendar days before the bids are due, a
notice inviting informal bids shall be mailed,faxed or emailed to: (1)all
contractors for the category of work, to be bid, as shown on the list
developed in accordance with Section 3.32.020; and (2) to all
construction trade journals as specified by the California Uniform
Construction Cost Accounting Contract Code.
B. The notice inviting informal bids shall describe the project in general
terms and how to obtain more detailed information about the project,and
state the time and place for the submission of the informal bids.
Additional contractors and/or construction trade journals may be noticed
at the discretion of the director of public works; provided, however:
1. If there is no list of qualified contractors maintained by the city
for the particular category of work to be performed, the notice
inviting bids shall be sent only to the construction trade journals
specified by the Commission.
2. If the product or service is proprietary in nature such that it can
be obtained only from a certain contractor or contractors, the
notice inviting informal bids may be sent exclusively to such
contractor or contractors.
C. If all bids received pursuant to this section are in excess of two hundred
twenty thousand dollars ($220,000), the city council may, by adoption
of a resolution by a four-fifths vote, award the contract, at two hundred
thirty five thousand dollars($235,000)or less,to the lowest responsible
bidder, if the city council determines the cost estimate of the director of
public works was reasonable.
SECTION 4. Severability. If any section or provision of this Ordinance is for any reason
held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, or contravened by
reason of any preemptive legislation, the remaining sections and/or provisions of this Ordinance
shall remain valid. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance,
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and each section or provision thereof, regardless of the fact that any one or more section(s) or
provision(s) may be declared invalid or unconstitutional or contravened via legislation.
SECTION 5. Certification. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same or a summary thereof to be
published and posted in the manner required by law.
SECTION 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after
passage.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Temecula
this 8th day of April, 2025.
Brenden Kalfus, Mayor
ATTEST:
Randi'": yy Clerk
[SEAL]
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, Randi Johl, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 2025-04 was duly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a meeting of the
City Council of the City of Temecula on the 25th day of March, 2025, and that thereafter, said
Ordinance was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Temecula at a meeting thereof held
on the 8th day of April, 2025,by the following vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Alexander, Kalfus, Rahn, Schwank,
Stewart
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
Randi Johl, City Clerk
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