Windsor Municipal Code Art. 5 Policy for Entering Into Binding Contracts

The Town Council finds and determines that it is the public policy of this State that the decision to obligate public funds and property should be made openly and publicly in accordance with the requirements of the Ralph M. Brown Act, unless otherwise authorized by law. This article is adopted in furtherance of the public policy.

a. Any purportedly binding promise or representation made by any officer, employee or agent of the Town of Windsor, including other public agencies governed in whole or in part by the Town Council, that would require the payment of money, performance of service, transfer of any property, real or personal, or the giving of any other thing of value of the Town of Windsor, or other public agency governed in whole or in part by the Town Council, where the making of the promise or the representation did not have the express prior authorization of the Town Council is, unless otherwise provided by law, unenforceable and void. The delegation of authority to the Town Manager or Purchasing Agent in Title I, Chapter 4. et seq. of this Code is an express prior authorization within the meaning of this section.

b. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Town Council retains the right, in its sole discretion, to ratify any such promise or representation by adopting a resolution expressly for that purpose.

(Ord. No. 92-22 § 2)