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<br />Ceunefl based on detailed estimates submitted by the depaFtment authorized to exeeute sueh
<br />weAE or impr . The Citv Council shall establish by ordinance the conditions and
<br />procedures for contracts for public works and improvements, and establish advertising and
<br />bidding reauirements. The ordinance may Drovide that under specified conditions, which the
<br />awarding authority must find and determine to exist in each aDDlicable instance, advertising and
<br />bidding may be dispensed with, except the ordinance may Drovide that where the expenditure
<br />reauired for a contract does not exceed a sum fixed by the ordinance, advertising and bidding
<br />shall be disDensed with. Every nt et for ubl r -k or impr^veffle t Nv- ie -stun .,+„a
<br />to eest legis than One Hundr-,,a rri,,,,,.,an De fl r -s ($ioo 000) Shall bee awafded to the l,,.. est
<br />responsible bidder- after- s„ Beet.,+,„ .,f bids t. ;+''out public advertisement. Every eont, get for an
<br />publie mor imprsv,,,.. ent whieh is estimated to est Ono Hundred Thouiand Dabs
<br />or public adveftis nt
<br />The eCity eCouncil shall have the power to reject any and all bids, and solicit or advertise again.
<br />All solicitations and advertisements as to contracts shall contain a reservation of the foregoing
<br />right. All contracts entered into by the eCity shall be signed by the eCity mManager and any other
<br />officer or officers of the eCity as the eCouncil may by ordinance provide.
<br />(As amended April 13, 1954, ratified by Legislature January 13, 1975, Stats. 1955, Chapter 27; as
<br />amended March 4, 1975; certified by Secretary of State March 20, 1975; as amended April 13,
<br />1982, certified by Secretary of State June 10, 1982; as amended November 4, 2003, certified by
<br />Secretary of State March 5, 2004.)
<br />Section 68: CITY MAY PERFORM ITS OWN WORK, ETC.:
<br />If the eCity eCouncil shall reject all bids, it may, in lieu of soliciting or advertising for new bids,
<br />determine and declare by a five -sevenths (5/7ths) vote of all its members that the work in
<br />question may be more economically or satisfactorily performed by day labor, or the materials or
<br />labor purchased at a lower price in the open market, and after the adoption of a resolution to this
<br />effect, it may proceed to have the same done in the manner stated without further observance of
<br />the provisions of Section 67 hereof; and
<br />Provided that, in the case of a great public calamity, such as extraordinary fire, flood, storm,
<br />epidemic, or other disaster the eCouncil may, by resolution passed by a vote of five -sevenths
<br />(5/7ths) of all its members, determine and declare that the public interest or necessity demands
<br />the immediate expenditure of public money to safeguard life, health, or property and thereupon
<br />they may proceed, without soliciting or advertising for bids or receiving the same, to expend, or
<br />enter into a contract involving the expenditure of any sum required in such emergency, on hand
<br />in the eCity treasury and available for such purpose. (As amended March 4, 1975; certified by
<br />Secretary of State March 20,1975•)
<br />Section 69 deleted April 11, 1978, certified by Secretary of State June 12, 1978.4
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