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14-47-138. Competitive bidding required.
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14-47-138. Competitive bidding required.
(a)(1) Before making a purchase of or contract for supplies, materials, or equipment and before obligating the city under a contract for the performance of services or for the construction of municipal improvements in which the anticipated cost to the city of the transaction exceeds the maximum amount established by the board of directors under the authority of § 14-47-120, opportunity for competitive bidding shall be given under such rules and regulations as the board may prescribe by ordinance, and the contract shall be consummated only on a bid approved by the city manager and by the board.
(2) Competitive bids may be accepted in the form of a written bid or by electronic media.
(b) The board, by ordinance, may waive the requirement of competitive bidding in exceptional situations where this procedure is not feasible, but lacking such exceptional situations, the board may not except any particular contract, purchase, or sale from the requirement of competitive bidding.
(c) All purchase and sale records of the city shall be open to public inspection.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-47-138
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14-47-138. Competitive bidding required.
(a)(1) Before making a purchase of or contract for supplies, materials, or equipment and before obligating the city under a contract for the performance of services or for the construction of municipal improvements in which the anticipated cost to the city of the transaction exceeds the maximum amount established by the board of directors under the authority of § 14-47-120, opportunity for competitive bidding shall be given under such rules and regulations as the board may prescribe by ordinance, and the contract shall be consummated only on a bid approved by the city manager and by the board.
(2) Competitive bids may be accepted in the form of a written bid or by electronic media.
(b) The board, by ordinance, may waive the requirement of competitive bidding in exceptional situations where this procedure is not feasible, but lacking such exceptional situations, the board may not except any particular contract, purchase, or sale from the requirement of competitive bidding.
(c) All purchase and sale records of the city shall be open to public inspection.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
14-47-120. Powers and duties of city manager.
The city manager shall have the following powers and duties:
(1)(A) To the extent that such authority is vested in him or her through an ordinance enacted by the board of directors, a city manager may supervise and control all administrative departments, agencies, offices, and employees.
(B) In addition, in cities with a city manager form of government having a population of more than one hundred thousand (100,000) persons according to the most recent federal decennial census, the city manager also shall have the authority to supervise and control the city attorney and may remove and replace the city attorney at any time at the city manager's discretion if the city manager has been given the authority to remove and replace the city attorney pursuant to § 14-47-108(a)(2);
(2) He or she shall represent the board in the enforcement of all obligations in favor of the city or its inhabitants which are imposed by law, or under the terms of any public utility franchise, upon any public utility;
(3) He or she may inquire into the conduct of any municipal office, department, or agency which is subject to the control of the board, in which connection he or she shall be given unrestricted access to the records and files of any such office, department, or agency and may require written reports, statements, audits, and other information from the executive head of the office, department, or agency;
(4)(A)(i) Except as provided in subdivision (4)(A)(ii) of this section, he or she shall nominate, subject to confirmation by the board, persons to fill all vacancies at any time occurring in any office, employment, board, authority, or commission to which the board's appointive power extends.
(ii) If the mayor has appointment power
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-47-120
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 14-47-120. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.