§ 1800. FORM AND EXECUTION.

The City shall not be and is not bound by any contract, except as otherwise provided herein, unless the same is made in writing, by order of the City Council, and signed by the City Manager or by another officer authorized to do so by the City Manager. The approval of the form of the contract by the City Attorney shall be endorsed thereon before the same shall be signed on behalf of the City. The City Council, by ordinance duly adopted, may authorize the City Manager, or any commission or agent of the City, with the written approval of the City Manager, to bind the City without a contract in writing for the payment of services, supplies, materials, equipment and labor or other valuable consideration furnished to the City in an amount not exceeding the limit established by ordinance of the City Council. The Board of Harbor Commissioners and the Board of Water Commissioners may authorize contracts, in writing or otherwise, without advertising for bids, for the payment of services, supplies, materials, equipment and labor or other valuable consideration furnished to the City in an amount not exceeding the limit established by ordinance of the City Council.