3.16.070 - Open market procedure—Generally.

Purchases of supplies, equipment and contractual services of an estimated value of five thousand dollars or less may be made by the purchasing agent in the open market at the best prices obtainable and to the best advantage of the city unless it is in the city's best interest that such purchases shall be by formal contract procedure provided for in this chapter. All bidding may be dispensed with for purchases of supplies and equipment having a total estimated value of less than five hundred dollars.

(Ord. 382 § 1, 1986: Ord. 202 § 7, 1974).