(a) Competitive bidding and legislative authorization shall be required for all contracts reasonably anticipated by the City to involve expenditures equal to or greater than $50,000, unless an exception or alternative exists under Section 144.03
. In estimating the anticipated expenditure to determine whether the competitive bidding threshold will be exceeded, the labor portions of the expenditure may be calculated without the use of prevailing wage rates.
(b) The City Manager may, without competitive bidding or further legislative authorization, enter into contracts for expenditures of less than $50,000 for which City funds have been appropriated.
(c) Notice. All bid advertisements or other solicitations for competitive bidding shall be placed in a timely manner and with a reasonable period allowed for response, at least once in any of the following: a newspaper of general circulation within the City; on the City's website; on any other website accessible to the public and reasonably calculated to solicit bids.
(Ord. 23-2016. Passed 12-12-16.)