All purchases of supplies and contractual services and all sales of personal property, of the estimated value of fifty thousand dollars, ($50,000) or less, shall be made by the open market procedure, without newspaper advertisement and without observing the formal contract procedure. All open market purchases shall, whenever possible, be based on three or more competitive quotes and shall be awarded to the lowest and most responsible vendor.
(Ord. 2016-40. Passed 10-3-16.)