(A) Except in cases of sole source purchases pursuant to G.S. § 143-129(f) and cases of purchases from established contracts pursuant to G.S. § 143-129(g), unless otherwise provided by law, the provisions of this subchapter shall apply to the purchase of apparatus, supplies, materials or equipment requiring the estimated expenditure of municipal funds in an amount not to exceed $30,000 for any one item or group of similar items.
(B) This subchapter is enacted pursuant to the provisions of G.S. § 143-129(a).
(OC, § 2-4-1, B. and E.) (Ord. passed 11-10-88; Am. Ord. passed 10-20-98)