183.11 RULES AND REGULATIONS BY CITY MANAGER.

   The City Manager shall adopt, promulgate, and from time to time amend, rules and regulations not inconsistent with law for the following purposes:

   (a)   Prescribing the manner in which supplies, materials and equipment shall be delivered, stored and distributed.

   (b)   Prescribing the dates for submitting advance requisitions or estimates of future purchase requirements, the future period which they shall cover, the form in which they shall be submitted, and their revision by the City Manager.

   (c)   Prescribing the manner of inspecting all deliveries of supplies, materials and equipment.

   (d)   Requiring monthly reports by City departments of stock of supplies, materials and equipment on hand and prescribing the form of such reports.

   (e)   Providing for the transfer between departments of surplus supplies, materials and equipment.

   (f)   Prescribing the amount of deposit of bond to be submitted with a bid on a contract, and the amount of deposit or bond to be given for the faithful performance of a contract.

   (g)   Providing for emergency purchases in the open market for immediate delivery in emergencies, defining such emergencies and prescribing the manner in which such purchases shall be made.

   (h)   Providing for such other matters as may be necessary to give effect to the foregoing rules and to the provisions of this article.
(1961 Code Sec. 173.11)