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ORDINANCE NO. 2533
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 4.103
OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION ONE: That paragraph H of Section 4.103 of the Municipal
Code of Mount Prospect of 1957, as amended, be and the same is
hereby further amended to allow the administration to award con-
tracts for purchases of more than Two Thousand Five Hundred
($2,500.00) Dollars to the lowest bidder without Board approval;
so that the said paragraph H of Section 4.103 shall hereafter be
and read as follows:
IIH. Purchase of all materials, supplies, and equipment for
which funds are provided in the working budget; provided
that he may award contracts for purchases of more than
Two Thousand Five Hundred ($2,500) Dollars to the lowest
qualified bidder; and provided further that for such
purchases of more than Two Thousand Five Hundred ($2,500)
Dollars he shall be required to receive sealed bids not
less than seven (7) days after placing an advertisement
in any newspaper published within the corporate limits
of the Village of Mount Prospect or if none is published
within Mount Prospect, after placing an advertisemant
in any newspaper having a general circulation within the
corporate limits of the Village of Mount Prospect, which
advertisement shall state that such contract shall be let
to the lowest responsible bidder and stating the place,
time, and date such sealed bids shall be opened.
1. Should such purchase be of an amount in excess of tha
provided in the working budget or should such low
bidder fail to be the lowest responsible bidder, the
Village Manager shall advise the Village Board of
Trustees as to whether or not the contract offered
is desirable or which of several contracts offered is
most desirable fo~ the Village of Mount Pr6spect.
2. In case of accidents or other circumstances creating
an emergency, the Village Manager may award contracts
acquire services, and make purchases for the purposes
of repairing damages caused by the said accident or
meeting said public emergency; but he shall file
promptly within fourteen (14) days with the Village
Board a certificate showing such emergency and the
necessity of such action, together with an itemized
account of all expenditures.1I
SECTION TWO: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effec
from and after its passage, approval, and publication in the man-
ner prescribed by law.
AYES: 6
NAYS: 0
II PASSED and APPROVED this 5 day of Nov. 1974.
,
Robert D. Teichert
II ATTEST: Village President
I Donald W. Goodman
Village Clerk