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<br />Section 75. Purchase procedure. <br /> <br />The director of finance shall have authority to make expenditures without the <br />approval of the city council for all budgeted items not exceeding $1,000 a maximum <br />amount established by resolution of the city council. Any expenditure involvin~ <br />more than that maximum amount must be expressly apnroved in advance bv the <br />citv council. Any expenditure involving more than $1,000 must be expressly <br />approved in advance by the city couneil. All eontraets or purchases involving <br />more than $1,000 shall be let to the lowest and best bid by a responsible bidder <br />after there has been an opportunity for eompetitj-c;e bidding. When an <br />expenditure of more than $1,000 is involved, notice of the time and plaee, when <br />and where sueh contraet shall be let shall be published in a newspaper in the <br />City of Paris oncc a week for two consccutive weel~ prior to the time for malting <br />sueh purchase or letting sueh contraet, the time of the first publieation to be at <br />least fourteen (14) days prior to the time for malting sueh purehase or letting <br />sueh eontract; provided, however, that the city couneil shall haye the right to <br />rcjcct any and all bids; and providcd further that nothing hcrein shall apply to <br />contracts for personal or for professional services nor to work done by the city <br />and paid for by the day as such work progresses. All contracts and purchases by <br />the city and any amendments or alterations thereto may be made only in strict <br />comnliance with the nrocedures and requirements established by state law. The <br />city council shall have the rh:ht to reiect any and all bids. <br /> <br />EXPLANATION: Like Section 74, this section has a $1,000 limitation that is too <br />restrictive on how much the finance director can spend on budgeted items without <br />city council approval. A first amendment provides that the city council may <br />establish the maximum amount of such expenditure, consistent with state law. The <br />outdated section also requires bids on all city contracts and purchases over $1,000. <br />A second amendment addresses that point by requiring instead that the city comply <br />with procedures and requirements established by state law. <br /> <br />PROPOSITIONS 45, 46: <br /> <br />Section 76. Contracts for improvements. <br /> <br />}1ny city improvement costing more that $1,000 shall be executed by <br />contract except where such improvement is authorizcd by the <br /> <br />21 <br /> <br />