No purchase amounting to more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00), except as provided in Section 181.08, shall be made until authorized by ordinance of Council. After being so authorized by ordinance of Council the Commissioner of Purchases and Supplies, in addition to the posting required in Section 181.08 shall cause advertisements for bids to be made in the City Record once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks and the Commissioner shall immediately report the bids received to the director of the department involved, who in turn shall transmit the bids with his or her recommendations to the Board of Control, for consideration at its next regular meeting. Any or all bids may be rejected. No purchase contract shall be awarded without the approval of the Board, and only to the lowest and best bidder. Purchase contracts so approved shall be reduced to writing and signed on behalf of the City by the director of the department involved, and no purchase contract shall be made unless it is reduced to writing and entered into under the ordinances of the City.
(Ord. No. 1737-08. Passed 12-8-08, eff. 12-10-08)