Community Development Fund

(a)Community Development Fund Use Option. Each Mayor may expend funds appropriated from the Community Development Fund for personnel services, contractual services or a combination thereof.

(b)Mayoral Administration. Each Mayor is hereby authorized to directly solicit and administer contracts for construction, road repair and beautification projects in accordance with procurement laws, and procurement rules and regulations, and availability of funds not to exceed a cost of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) per contract. Such projects are to be reviewed by the Department of Public Works for compliance assurance within five

(5)working days. The issuance and administration of purchase orders for items approved by the Department of Public Works for procurement herein shall be the responsibility of the Mayors’ Council.

(c)Procurement.

(1)The Mayors’ Council of Guam is authorized under § 6959.3 of the Procurement Law to procure supplies or services of less than Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) without the approval of the General Services Administration.

(2)Mayors are authorized to use the fees collected and deposited in accordance with 19 GCA § 3202(j) and (k), to procure services and supplies for the maintenance of parks as listed in § 40113 of CH. 40 MAYORS OF GUAM this Chapter; for the planting of trees, plants, and flowers; for maintenance of street signs; for replacement of street lights; and for landscape maintenance.

(d)There is established a Community Development Fund which shall be maintained separate and apart from any other funds within the Government of Guam and independent records and accounts shall be maintained in connection therewith. Money in the Community Development Fund shall be allocated by the Mayors’ Council of Guam to Mayors for payment of salaries of employees performing minor repairs and maintenance in accordance with § 40113 of this Chapter and for purchase of equipment and supplies necessary for performing minor repairs and maintenance in accordance with § 40113 of this Chapter. The Mayors’ Council also may use money in the Community Development Fund to purchase equipment and supplies for the general use of all the Mayors in the performance of minor repairs and maintenance pursuant to § 40113 of this Chapter.