(A) In case of a declared local emergency, or the city's preparation for an anticipated local emergency, which requires immediate purchase of supplies or contractual services, the City Manager shall be empowered to authorize the Purchasing Agent to secure by open market procedure as set forth in this chapter, at the lowest reasonably obtainable price, any supplies or contractual services regardless of the amount of the expenditure.
(B) A full report of the circumstances of an emergency purchase shall be filed by the City Manager with the City Council at its next regular meeting and shall be entered in the minutes of the Council and shall be open to public inspection.
(`83 Code, § 3.24.110) (Ord. 82-3 (part), 1982; Ord. 2016-07 § 1, 2016)