ORD 1993-35 - City Manager - Approve Contract To $15,000 11-09-1993ORDINANCE NO. 93 -35
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, PERMITTING THE CITY MANAGER TO
ENTER INTO SOME CONTRACTS UP TO $15,000 WITHOUT
THE APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL, AND MAKING OTHER
FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, that:
SECTION 1: Article IV. Purchasing Procedures of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Huntsville,
Texas, is amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE IV. PURCHASING PROCEDURES
Section 2 -50. Contracts approved by Council.
a. All contracts for expenditures involving fifteen thousand dollars ($15, 000.00) or more
must be expressly approved in advance by the City Council.
b. All contracts for expenditures involving two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) or more must
be expressly approved in advance by the City Council, if:
1) The expenditure is not budgeted; or
2) The city administration proposes to award the bid to other than the low bidder
meeting specifications.
Section 2 -51. Emergency expenditures.
The City Manager shall make a full report of the circumstances of any emergency purchase not
made in accordance with the procedures set forth above. The report shall be filed with the City
Council.
Section 2 -52. Purchasing manual.
The City Manager shall with approval of the Council's Finance Committee publish a purchasing
manual establishing purchasing procedures consistent with this chapter.
Sections 2- 53- -2 -59. Reserved.
SECTION 2: This Ordinance shall take effect immediately.
APPROVED this 9th day of November, 1993.
THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE
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W. H. Hodges. Mayor
ATTEST:
alma Welter, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Scott Bounds, City Attorney