GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION
CHAPTER 334
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF HIGH POINT RELATIVE TO PURCHASING, CONTRACTING, AND BIDDING.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Section 9.5(a) of the Charter of the City of High Point, being Chapter 501, Session Laws of 1979, as rewritten by Chapter 916, Session Laws of 1987, reads as rewritten:
"(a) Contracts on informal
bids. All contracts for construction or repair work in the amount of five
thousand dollars ($5,000) or more, but not in excess of fifty thousand
dollars ($50,000) the amount established by G.S. 143-129 as amended from
time to time, or contracts for the purchase of apparatus, supplies,
materials or equipment involving expenditure of public funds in the amount of
$5,000 or more, but not in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) the
amount established by G.S. 143-129 as amended from time to time, made by
any officer, department, board or commission of the city, when practical, shall
be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder taking into consideration quality,
performance and the time specified in the proposal for the performance of the contract,
after informal bids have been secured; provided, contracts may be awarded upon
receipt of one bid in all cases where there is only one (1) source of supply
and in all cases where only one (1) bid has been received after efforts have
been made in writing to secure more than one (1) bid, and it shall be the duty
of such officer, department, board or commission to keep record of all bids
submitted, and such records shall be subject to public inspection at any
time."
Sec. 2. Section 9.5(b) of the Charter of the City of High Point, being Chapter 501, Session Laws of 1979, as rewritten by Chapter 916, Session Laws of 1987, reads as rewritten:
"(b) Procedure for letting
Public Contracts. No construction or repair work requiring estimated
expenditure of public money in an amount more than fifty thousand dollars
($50,000) the amount established by G.S. 143-129 as amended from time to
time, or purchases of apparatus, supplies, materials or equipment requiring
estimated expenditure of public money in an amount of more than ten thousand
dollars ($10,000) the amount established by G.S. 143-129 as amended from
time to time, except in cases of special emergencies as determined by the
council involving health and safety of the people or their property, shall be
performed and no contract shall be awarded therefor unless the provisions of
this section are complied with."
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 15th day of June, 1989.