Notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter to the contrary, the competitive bidding procedures and requirements may be dispensed with in any of the following instances:
(a) When the materials, supplies, equipment or services can be obtained from only one vendor;
(b) The City Manager may authorize the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment and services where an emergency is deemed to exist and it is determined that service involving the public health, safety or welfare would be interrupted if the normal procedure were followed. All emergency purchases, which would otherwise require formal bidding procedures, made pursuant to this Section shall be submitted to the City Council for ratification at the next regular Council meeting after the purchase is authorized;
(c) The City Council may authorize the execution of contracts for personal services, for professional and consultant services, and for other, nonpublic projects and for contractual services without observing the bidding procedures provided herein where the amount of the contract exceeds the value of $50,000;
(d) The City Manager is authorized to enter into contracts for personal services, for professional and consulting services and for other contractual services without observing the bidding procedure provided herein where the amount of the contract does not exceed the amount of $50,000; provided there exists an unencumbered appropriation in the fund account against which said expense is to be charged;
(e) The City may obtain the materials, supplies, equipment or services from a vendor selected in a competitive bidding procedure at least equivalent to that required by this Chapter at the same price as the entity which conducted the building;
(f) When the City Council finds that adherence to the procedures in this Chapter would be inefficient, impractical and unnecessary; and
(g) The City Council may authorize the execution of a lease or leases for office space for the City government without observing the bidding procedures provided herein irrespective of the term of the lease or leases or the amount of rent and other charges to be paid by the City under the lease or leases.
(3-12/90 § 3.12.270) (Am. Ord. 77, passed 4-5-2000; Am. Ord. 191, passed 1-15-2020; Am. Ord. 205, passed 3-3-2021)