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"Q" 20.* a. Section 75 requires that the City go out for competitive bids for all <br />contracts in excess of $1000.00 and requires that all bids be awarded to the <br />lowest and best bid. <br />b. State law provides that expenditures in excess of $25,000.00 must be <br />competitively bid and provides for certain types of exemptions, as well as <br />certain circumstances where best value bids may be awarded, and <br />circumstances where purchasing may be accomplished through cooperative <br />purchasing, requests for proposals, and other methods designed to provide <br />maximum value to Texas cities. <br />c. Amend this section to make it consistent with state law. <br />d. Although state law also provides (in Sec. 252. 002) that if purchasing <br />mechanisms in a home rule charter conflicts with state law, the city council <br />may elect to have Chapter 252 supercede the charter, the provisions in the <br />Paris Charter are still unnecessarily restrictive and not in the best interest of <br />the City. <br />"Q" 21.* a. Section 76 provides that any city improvement costing more than $1000.00 <br />shall be executed by contract and shall be awarded to the lowest responsible <br />bidder after public notice and competition. <br />b. The same reasoning discussed in 19 above applies to this section. <br />c. Amend this section to make it consistent with state law. <br />d. See 19 above. <br />"Q" 22. a. Section 77 provides that all checks, vouchers, and warrants shall be signed <br />by the director of finance or his deputy and countersigned by the city <br />manager. <br />b. The Director of Finance, City Manager, and/or City Council should be able <br />to designate other authorized signatories for maximum efficiency of financial <br />operations. <br />c. Amend the section to allow other check signers to be designated. <br />d. A similar proposal was not approved in the 1996 Charter amendment <br />election. It should be considered seriously now only if City staff so <br />recommends. <br />"C" 23. a. Section 80 specifies that negotiable instruments shall be designated "for the <br />year 19_." <br />b. 19 " is out of date. <br />c. Change "19_" to "20_ " <br />d. Cleanup only. <br />"C" 24. a. Sections 86 through 89 contain details for the makeup and duties of the <br />Board of Equalization. <br />b. Are all of these provisions still relevant? <br />c. Consider changes or deletions to eliminate any conflicting or useless <br />requirements. <br />7 <br />