(a) No purchase or contract in excess of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) shall be made or entered into unless approved by City Council at a regular or special Council meeting; purchases below twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) may be ap-proved by motion of Finance Committee of Council unless otherwise provided in this Section 133.05. Contracts in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000) shall be en-tered into based upon three or more written quotes presented to City Council.
(b) Any purchase or contract in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000) and below twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) not otherwise approved by Council or Finance Committee shall be required to be approved by the Board of Control based upon three or more written quotes presented to the City. The Board of Control may reject all quotes.
(c) These restrictions do not apply to purchases up to twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) at any sale controlled by the State of Ohio or Federal government.
(d) The City shall not be obligated to bid for services or products of a pro-fessional service nature, sole provider companies, or products purchases off a coop-erative government purchasing group bid, State of Ohio bids, or in other cases ex-empted by state law.
(e) A Department Head may purchase or enter into any contract for the purchase of goods or services (excluding personal services) for his or her Depart-ment, where the expenditure is within the unencumbered limits of a budget line item within the current calendar year appropriation for such Department, and where the expenditure is to be paid in that calendar year and does not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00).
(f) A member of Council may enter into a contract for the purchase of a seminar, training session, and related expenses, where the expenditure is within the unencumbered limits of his or her portion of Line Item 101.71.5241, Schooling Council, as established in the annual appropriation of Council, within the current cal-endar year, and where the expenditure is to be paid in that calendar year.
(g) Notwithstanding and as an exception to the foregoing, in the event of a real and present emergency where critical road or utility infrastructure, City vehicles or building systems require immediate repairs, or in the event of an imminent or on-going public health emergency, the Mayor may enter into contract for such repairs, to stabilize an affected building pending future repairs, or to provide for abatement of a public health emergency, without approval of Council or the Board of Control. Prior to entering into such contract, the Mayor shall provide a written declaration of the emergency to the Clerk of Council, with estimated or actual cost information to be provided within ten (10) days thereafter. All such contracts will be subject to available or future appropriations. No such contract shall exceed $30,000. (Ord. 2021-154. Passed 10-25-21.)