The City Attorney shall have authority to approve contracts for legal services, including, without limitation, services provided by outside counsel, investigators, consultants and other experts needed for litigation or other administrative and legal proceedings, to be provided to the City, where the contract price, and any contingency established for additional services, does not exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per agreement year. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the City Council shall award contracts that exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per agreement year; however, in the case of contracts pertaining to litigation-related legal services that would be exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Act, California Government Code Section 6254(k), as amended, the City Attorney, and not the City Council, shall award the contract subject to fair, just and equitable contract conditions. (Ord. 3624 § 2, 2020)