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an expenditure of funds under the jurisdiction of the Board of Port Commissioners in excess of fi~e-~fto~~and-do~~a~~-~$57eeet ten thousand dollars ($IO,OOO)shall be accomplished pursuant to the provisions of Sections 67 and 68 hereof concerning solicitation or public advertisement for bids. All powers and duties therein conferred upon the City Council are, in relation to all matters concerning the Port, hereby conferred and imposed upon the Board of Port Commissioners, and all powers and duties therein conferred upon the city Hanager are, in relation to all matters concerning the Port, hereby conferred and imposed upon the Port Manager. Plans and specifications must be on file in the office of the Board, subject to public inspection, at the time of solicitation of bids or publi~ation of notice inviting public bids. "In the event of extraordinary fire, flood, storm, epidemic, public disaster, or if necessary to accomplish emergency rehabili- tation or repair of operative facilities to prevent loss of Port revenue, the Board may, upon adoption of a resolution by four- fifths (4j5ths) vote of its members, declare that the public interest and necessity requires the immediate performance of emergency public work or service. Upon adoption of such resolution the Board may order such emergency expenditures as are necessary to accomplish such work without public advertisement or bid." (2) Amend Section 67 to read as follows: "SECTION 67. CONTRACTS: "Any public work or improvement costing more than fi~e ~fto~sand-do~~a~s-~$57eeet ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be executed by contract, except where a specific work or improvement is authorized by the city Council based on detailed estimates submitted by the department authorized to execute such work or improvement directly. Every contract for any public work or improvement which is estimated to cost more than fi~e-~fto~sand do~~a~s-~$57eeet ten thousand dollars ($10,000) but less than ~en-~ftotl~and-do~~a~~-~$le7eeet twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after solicitation of bids without public advertisement. Every contract for any public work or improvement which is estimated to cost ~en-~ftotl~and do~~a~s-~$~e7eeet twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) or more shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after public advertise- ment and competition as may be prescribed by ordinance. The city council shall have the power to reject any and all bids, and solicit or advertise again. All solicitations and advertisements as to contracts shall contain a reservation of the foregoing right. All contracts entered into by the city shall be signed by the city manager and any other officer or officers of the city as the council may by ordinance provide." (b) Said Charter amendment proposal shall be submitted to the electors of the City of Redwood City at the General Municipal Election to be held in the City on April 13, 1982, in the form of a proposal to amend said Charter by amending Sections 49(a) and 67 thereof. On the ballots and on the voting machines to be used at said election, in addition to all other matters required by law to be printed thereon, -7-