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❑ For ❑ Against <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 />The director of f nance shall have authority to make expenditures without <br />approval of the city council for budgeted items not exceeding a max~m~e <br />amount established by resolution of the city council. Any expen <br />involving more than that maximum amount must be expressly approved in <br />advance by the city council. <br />❑ For <br />❑ Against <br />44. Amend Section 75, "Purchase procedure," to delete the current $1,000 th~ ~o the <br />for city contracts and purchases, above which the city must award eh tr t with a <br />lowest responsible bidder after public notice and competition, r plac ng <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, the entirety of the remainder of the section following the end of the second sentence <br />shall read: <br />All contracts and purchases by the city and any amendments °tion~s <br />thereto may be made only in strict compllance with the procedures ~ <br />requirements established by state law. The city council shall have the right to <br />reject any and all bids. <br />❑ For ❑ Against <br />45. Amend Section 76, "Contracts for improvements," to delete the current $h~he <br />threshold for expenditures of more than $1,000 for city improvements, above whic <br />ci 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 b <br />made only in strict compliance with the competitive bidding and similar pr Wthu~he . <br />established by state law, so that the first and second sentences are replaced <br />following: <br />All city improvements shall be accomplished pursuant to contract awarded <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 />❑ For <br />❑ Against <br />12 <br />