A. General Purchasing Procedures. Except as otherwise stated within this chapter, a purchase order is required for the purchase of any supply, service, or construction project that is greater than seven thousand five hundred dollars. Such purchases shall be reviewed by the procurement officer to determine whether the expenditure requested is for a city purpose, properly budgeted, and in compliance with city ordinances and policies and state law.

B. Due Diligence. The department head and procurement officer shall act in good faith and demonstrate due diligence when selecting the bidding procedure when foregoing the formal or informal competitive bidding process such as the usage of an interlocal or joinder agreement. In such instances, a best effort shall be made to obtain bids or proposals from at least three potential vendors.

C. Splitting Procurements. No city employee may split or separate procurements into smaller orders for the purpose of evading the competitive bidding or request for proposal provisions set forth in this chapter.

D. Adversarial Proceedings. The city reserves the right to avoid entering into a contract with a person who is in adversarial position toward the city.

E. Approvals. All expenditures over fifty thousand dollars must be approved by the city manager. All approvals over one hundred thousand dollars must be approved by the city council. (Ord. 2023-02 § 1 (Exh. A); Ord. 2018-12 § 1 (Exh. A (part)))