(a) In its discretion, the City Council may reject any bids presented. If after the first invitation for bids all bids are rejected, the City shall state the reasons for the rejection, and after reevaluating its cost estimates of the project, the City shall have the option of either of the following:
(1) Abandoning the project or readvertising for bids in the manner described by this article.
(2) By passage of a resolution by a four-fifths (4/5) vote of the City Council declaring that the project can be performed more economically by City employees, may have the project done by force account without further complying with this article.
(§ 1, Ord. 1638-NS, eff. January 12, 2018)