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14-48-129. Competitive bidding required.
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14-48-129. Competitive bidding required.
(a) Before making any purchase of, or contract for, any supplies, materials, or equipment, and before obligating the city under any contract for the performance of services or for the construction of municipal improvements where the anticipated cost to the city of the transaction exceeds the maximum amount established by the board of directors under the authority of § 14-48-117, opportunity for competitive bidding shall be given under such rules and regulations as the board may by ordinance prescribe, and the contract shall be consummated only on a bid approved by the city administrator and by the board.
(b) The board, by ordinance, may waive the requirement of competitive bidding in exceptional situations where this procedure is not feasible. However, such exceptional situations being lacking, 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) · 14-48-129
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Source file: gov.ar.code.title.14.odt
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14-48-129. Competitive bidding required.
(a) Before making any purchase of, or contract for, any supplies, materials, or equipment, and before obligating the city under any contract for the performance of services or for the construction of municipal improvements where the anticipated cost to the city of the transaction exceeds the maximum amount established by the board of directors under the authority of § 14-48-117, opportunity for competitive bidding shall be given under such rules and regulations as the board may by ordinance prescribe, and the contract shall be consummated only on a bid approved by the city administrator and by the board.
(b) The board, by ordinance, may waive the requirement of competitive bidding in exceptional situations where this procedure is not feasible. However, such exceptional situations being lacking, 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
14-48-117. Powers and duties of city administrator.
The city administrator shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) To the extent that such authority is vested in him or her through ordinance enacted by the board of directors, he or she may supervise and control all administrative departments, agencies, offices, and employees;
(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 this connection, he or she shall be given unrestricted access to the records and files of any 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) 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.
(B)(i) He or she may remove from office all officials and employees, including without limitation, members of any board, authority, or commission who, under existing or future laws, whether applicable to cities under the mayor-council, manager, or commission form of government, may be removed by the city's legislative body.
(ii)(a) Removal by the city administrator shall be approved by the board.
(b) When, under the statute applicable to any specific employment or office, the incumbent may be removed only upon the vote of a specified majority of the city's legislative body, the removal of the p
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-48-117
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 14-48-117. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.