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Title 27 — PROCUREMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

San Jose Municipal Code Ch. 27.50 Public Reporting

San Jose Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · San Jose

Cite as: San Jose Municipal Code Chapter 27.50 · Text as of 2026-10-04

27.50.010 - Application of chapter.

This Chapter sets forth reporting requirements.

(Ord. 30308.)

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27.50.020 - Reporting requirement.

A. The City Manager will prepare a bi-annual report consistent with the requirements of this Section 27.50.020. The City Manager will make the report public on the City's official website and provide the Council with a copy of the report.

B. Each department that procured or performed a Public Works Project meeting both of the following requirements must bi-annually provide to the City Manager the report described in Subsection C.

  1. The procurement or performance of the Public Works Project involved the exercise of authority granted by this Title 27 and the exercise of such authority was not approved by the City Council.

  2. The procurement or performance of the Public Works Project occurred during the period covered by the bi-annual report.

C. The bi-annual report must include the following information about each Public Works Project.

  1. The name of the project, and the name of the Public Works Contract, work order or other document authorizing the work.

  2. A general description of the scope of work.

  3. The amounts paid and/or payable by the City.

  4. Any change orders executed, including the amount paid and/or payable by the City or the amount of any credit, the scope of the change order and the reason for the change order.

  5. Any permits and other documents relating to the work that were approved or executed pursuant to this Title 27.

  6. For a Public Works Project performed by City employees, the written determination required by Section 27.48.030 that the cost of constructing the project, excluding the cost of materials, supplies and equipment, is not more than the threshold amount of a Minor Public Works Contract.

(Ords. 30308, 30540.)

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27.50.030 - Reserved.

Editor's note— Ord. 30540, § 9, adopted April 5, 2021, repealed § 27.50.030, which pertained to the city manager's report and derived from Ord. 30308.

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