[CC 1979 §25.050]
No officer or employee of an agency shall enter into any private
business transaction with any person or entity that has a matter pending
or to be pending upon which the officer or employee is or will be
called upon to render a decision or pass judgment. If any officer
or employee is already engaged in the business transaction at the
time that a matter arises, he/she shall be disqualified from rendering
any decision or passing any judgment upon the same.
[CC 1979 §25.060]
Any person who violates the provisions of Section
130.040 or Section
130.050 shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as provided in Section
100.220 of this Code.
[CC 1979 §25.070]
The City Clerk and every other officer and employee of the City are expressly prohibited from accepting, directly or indirectly, from any person, company, firm or corporation to which any purchase order or contract is or might be awarded any rebate, gift, money, or anything of value whatsoever, except where given for the use and benefit of the City. Violation of the provisions of this Section shall upon conviction thereof be punished as provided in Section
100.220 of this Code.
[CC 1979 §25.080]
All purchases of and contracts for supplies and contractual
services and all sales of personal property which has become obsolete
and unusable shall, except as specifically provided herein, be based
wherever possible on competitive bids.
[CC 1979 §25.110]
Bids shall be submitted sealed to the Purchasing Agent and shall
be identified as bids on the envelope. They shall be opened in public
at the time and place stated in the public notices. A tabulation of
all bids received shall be posted for public inspection.
[CC 1979 §25.130]
All bids shall be accepted or rejected by the Board of Aldermen.
When the award is not given to the lowest bidder, a full and complete
statement of the reasons for placing the order elsewhere shall be
entered upon the journal of the Board.
[CC 1979 §25.160]
In case of an apparent emergency which requires immediate purchase
of supplies or contractual services, the Board of Aldermen may authorize
the purchase at the lowest obtainable price any supplies or contractual
services regardless of the amount of the expenditure. A full explanation
of the circumstances of an emergency purchase shall be recorded in
the journal of the Board of Aldermen.
[CC 1979 §25.170; Ord. No. 495, 5-9-2016; Ord. No. 603, 6-26-2023]
To the maximum extent practicable, the purchases of this City
shall be made under the provisions of the Missouri State Local Technical
Services Act, or through the Cooperative Procurement Program administered
by the Division of Purchasing, Office of Administration of the State
of Missouri or via OMNIA in accordance with applicable Missouri law.
The provisions of this Chapter requiring competitive bidding at the
local level shall not apply to such purchases.