3.16.040 Bidding required—Exceptions.
Purchases of supplies and equipment shall be by bid procedures as prescribed by this chapter; provided, that bidding shall be dispensed with when an emergency requires that an order be placed with the nearest available source of supply, or when the amount involved is less than twenty-five thousand dollars, or when the commodity or product can be obtained from only one vendor or when the city council has found by resolution that competitive bidding would be unavailing, would not produce an advantage and would not be in the public interest. An emergency shall be deemed to exist if:
A. There is a great public calamity;
B. There is immediate need to prepare for national or local defense;
C. There is a breakdown in machinery or an essential service which requires the immediate purchase of supplies or services to protect the public health, welfare or safety; and
D. An essential operation affecting the public health, welfare or safety would be greatly hampered if the prescribed purchasing procedure would cause an undue delay in procurement of the needed item or service. (Ord. 2013-01 § 1, 2013; Ord. 96-9 § 1, 1996; Ord. 92-7 § 1, 1992; Ord. 76-4 § 4, 1976)