The City Manager or his or her authorized representative is hereby authorized and empowered to make in behalf of the city any contract for materials, supplies or equipment, or for services, professional or otherwise, provided that the aggregate amount does not exceed the sum of $20,000. All purchases shall be made based on the lowest and best quotes and in accordance with generally accepted purchasing procedures. All purchases including the purchases mentioned in § 2-304 shall require the issuance of a purchase order. All purchase orders will be issued in accordance with procedures as may be required from time to time by the City Manager. However, in exercising this authority, the City Manager shall not make any contract for any expenditure for any department of the city where the expenditure, together with the sum total of other expenditures for the department, exceeds the appropriation made for the department for any fiscal year by the budget approved by the Board of Commissioners, unless prior consent is given by the Board of Commissioners.
(1977 Code, § 2-56) (Ord. 80-40, passed 10-13-1980; Ord. 2013-08, passed 5-28-2013)