(a) Every contract for the procurement of goods or services by the city shall be by competitive bidding, and shall not be approved and let until notice of the intent to so contract and an invitation to sealed bids shall have first been advertised once per week, for a period of two successive weeks, in one newspaper of general circulation in the city, the last of which publications shall occur no less than five days prior to the meeting at which the bids are to be opened and examined provided, that the above requirements shall not apply to any contract for a gross amount of less than twenty thousand dollars, nor shall this section preclude the use by the city of or be applicable to the purchasing of goods or services through the state director of the division of purchases, as provided by law. (Passed 10-2-17.)
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not be applicable when the common council, by unanimous vote, finds that compliance therewith would be inimical to the public health, safety or morals or that procurement of the contemplated goods or services is of such urgency as to brook no delay, or that other circumstances exist which would render the interests of the city better served by noncompliance than by compliance with subsection (a) of this section.
(3-31-87; 5-3-06.)