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<br />o For <br /> <br />o Against <br /> <br />43. Amend Section 75, "Purchase procedure," to delete the current $1,000 limitation on <br />the amount of an expenditure by the director of finance for budgeted items without city <br />council approval, providing instead that the city council may establish the maximum <br />amount of such expenditure, so that the first two sentences shall read: <br /> <br />The director of finance shall have authority to make expenditures without <br />approval of the city council for budgeted items not exceeding a maximum <br />amount established by resolution of the city council. Any expenditure <br />involving more than that maximum amount must be expressly approved in <br />advance by the city council. <br /> <br />o For <br /> <br />o Against <br /> <br />44. Amend Section 75, "Purchase procedure," to delete the current $1,000 threshold <br />for city contracts and purchases, above which the city must award the contract to the <br />lowest responsible bidder after public notice and competition, replacing it with a <br />requirement that city contracts or purchases may be made only in strict compliance <br />with the competitive bidding and similar procedures established by state law, so that <br />the entirety of the remainder of the section following the end of the second sentence <br />shall read: <br /> <br />All contracts and purchases by the city and any amendments or alterations <br />thereto may be made only in strict compliance with the procedures and <br />requirements established by state law. The city council shall have the right to <br />reject any and all bids. <br /> <br />o For <br /> <br />o Against <br /> <br />45. Amend Section 76, "Contracts for improvements," to delete the current $1,000 <br />threshold for expenditures of more than $1,000 for city improvements, above which the <br />city must award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder after public notice and <br />competition, replacing it with a requirement that city contracts or purchases may be <br />made only in strict compliance with the competitive bidding and similar procedures <br />established by state law, so that the first and second sentences are replaced with the . <br />following: <br /> <br />All city improvements shall be accomplished pursuant to contract awarded in <br />strict compliance with the procedures and requirements established by state <br />law. The city council shall have the right to reject any and all bids. <br /> <br />D For <br /> <br />D Against <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />T <br />