New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 30 - LOCAL FINANCE BOARD
Subchapter 11 - CHANGE ORDERS AND OPEN-END CONTRACTS
Section 5:30-11.5 - General procedures for change orders

1. The chief executive officer of the contracting unit or his or her designee shall file with the governing body a request for the change order, stating the facts involved and indicating that the proposed change order may be allowed under these rules. If the request and justification are prepared by other than an official of the contracting unit, they must be countersigned by the chief executive officer or his or her designee.

2. The governing body shall take such steps as it may find appropriate to assure that a change is necessary and that the work will be completed.

3. The governing body shall then pass a resolution authorizing a written amendment to a contract covering the change(s) to be made. The exact form of this amendatory contract shall be at the discretion of the contracting unit attorney.

4. The resolution described in (a)3 above shall be passed before execution of the change order. No work shall be performed or purchases made on the involved phase of the contract until the resolution is passed.