(1) Contracts for public projects within the meaning of Section 20161of the Public Contracts Code which exceed the expenditure limits of Section 20162of the Public Contracts Code shall be by bid procedures pursuant to this section and CMC 3.16.130. Bidding shall be dispensed with only when an emergency requires that an order be placed with the nearest available source of supply, when the city council by a four-fifths majority determines after opening of bids that rejection of all bids and purchase on the open market will best serve the city, or when the commodity can be obtained from only one vendor.

(2) Prior to bid solicitation, the purchasing officer shall confirm the requested purchase is identified in the current fiscal year adopted budget. For items not identified in the current fiscal year adopted budget, the requesting department shall be required to receive city council approval at the time of contract award. (Ord. 728 § 2, 2022; Ord. 649 § 2, 2015).