Purchase of supplies, materials and equipment for the City shall be made pursuant to specifications through open competitive bidding under such rules, consistent with this Charter, as the Council may establish by ordinance. Formal advertising, bidding, and public opening and tabulation of bids shall be required as to all purchases for amounts in excess of the dollar limitation established under Section 735.05 of the Ohio Revised Code, except in cases of public disaster declared by a four-fifths vote of the Council when purchases may be made in the open market.
(Amended Nov. 4, 1980)