Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, the Mayor, upon declaration of a state of emergency by proclamation as provided in § 34.002 of this chapter, may authorize the City Administrator, or the City Administrator’s designee, to procure, by purchase or lease, such goods and services as are deemed necessary for the city’s emergency response effort. This emergency procurement of goods or services may be made in the open market without filing a requisition or estimate and without advertisement for immediate delivery or furnishing. A full written account of all emergency procurements made during this emergency, together with a requisition for the required materials, supplies, equipment or services, shall be submitted to or provided by the City Administrator within 30 days after their procurement, and shall be open to public inspection for a period of at least one year subsequent to the date of the emergency purchases. The City Administrator shall, within three months of the conclusion of the emergency, formally communicate these emergency expenditures in a full written account to the City Council.
(2013 Code, § 9-9) (Ord. 14622, passed 3-22-1999)