(A) No contract shall hereafter be made by the Mayor and Council or any committee or member thereof, and no expense shall be incurred by any of the officers or departments of the city, whether the object of the expenditure shall have been ordered by the Mayor and Council or not, unless an appropriation therefor shall have been previously made, except as otherwise provided by state statute.
(B) Before the Council shall make any contract for building bridges or sidewalks, or for any work on the streets, or for any other work or improvement, an estimate of the cost thereof shall be made by the Engineer and submitted to the Council, and no contract shall be entered into for any work or improvement for a price exceeding such estimate; and in advertising for any such work, the Council shall cause the amount of such estimate to be published therewith. Where the estimate aforesaid shall not exceed the sum of $2,000, it shall not be necessary for the Mayor and Council to advertise for bids, except in those cases specifically directed by the state statutes. Such advertisement shall be published in at least two issues of a legal weekly newspaper published in or of general circulation in the city, said newspaper to be designated by motion of the Council.
(Prior Code, § 35.02)
Statutory reference:
Contracts; appropriation a condition precedent, see Neb. RS 16-501
Contracts; concurrence of majority of city council required; vote of Mayor; record, see Neb. RS 16-503
Officer; extra compensation prohibited; exception, see Neb. RS 16-502