The Mayor is hereby authorized to employ by written contract such professional or expert services as the Board of Control shall deem necessary to supplement the regularly employed staff of the City in order to facilitate the preparation of plans, drawings, detailed specifications and estimates of costs, and the supervision of construction of projects included in the capital improvement program as the same may from time to time be adopted. The selection of the persons or firms to furnish such expert services shall be made upon the nomination of the director of the department concerned from a list of qualified persons available for such employment as may be determined after a full and complete canvass by the official designated by the Mayor for the purpose of compiling such list. Each such contract shall be prepared by the Director of Law, certified by the Director of Finance and a written report of the execution of every such contract with an abstract of its terms shall be filed with Council forthwith.
(Ord. No. 49-53. Passed 1-19-53, eff. 1-21-53)