(A) Any work or other public improvement which is not to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessment or special taxation, when the expense thereof will exceed $20,000, shall be constructed either:
(1) By a contract let to the lowest responsible bidder after advertising for bids, in the manner hereinafter prescribed in § 38.21, except that any contract may be entered into by the proper officers without advertisement for bids, if authorized by a vote of
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of all the Aldermen then holding office; or
(2) In the following manner, if authorized by a vote of
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of all the Aldermen then holding office, to wit: any proper officer shall superintend and cause to be carried out the construction of the work or other public improvement and shall employ exclusively for the performance of all manual labor thereon laborers and artisans whom the municipality shall pay by the day or hour; and all material of the value of $20,000 and upward used in the construction of the work or other public improvement shall be purchased by contract let to the lowest responsible bidder in the manner hereinafter prescribed in § 38.21.
(B) Nothing contained herein shall apply to any contract by the city with the federal government or any agency thereof.
(1983 Code, § 2-222) (Ord. 2395, passed 4-5-1984; Am. Ord. 2477, passed 4-9-1987; Am. Ord. 2773, passed 7-10-1997; Am. Ord. 3139, passed 3-7-2006 )
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 8-9-1