[CC 1995 § 25.040]
No officer or employee of the City shall transact any business
in his/her official capacity with any business entity of which he/she
is an officer, agent or member or in which he/she owns a substantial
interest; nor shall he/she make any personal investments in any enterprise
which will create a substantial conflict between his/her private interest
and the public interest; nor shall he/she or any firm or business
entity of which he/she is an officer, agent or member, or the owner
of substantial interest, sell any goods or services to any business
entity which is licensed by or regulated in any manner by the City.
[CC 1995 § 25.050]
No officer or employee of this City 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 1995 § 25.060]
Any person who violates the provisions of Section
145.040 or Section
145.050 shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as provided in Section
100.220 of this Code.
[CC 1995 § 25.070]
The Purchasing Agents 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 1995 § 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 1995 § 25.090]
All supplies and contractual services, except as otherwise provided
in this Chapter, when the estimated cost thereof shall exceed fifty
thousand dollars ($50,000.00), shall be purchased by formal, written
contract from the lowest responsible bidder, after due notice inviting
proposals. All sales of personal property which has become obsolete
and unusable, when the estimated value shall exceed five thousand
dollars ($5,000.00), shall be sold by formal written contract to the
highest responsible bidder, after due notice inviting proposals.
[CC 1995 § 25.110]
Bids shall be submitted sealed to the City Clerk and shall be
identified as bids on the envelope. They shall be opened in public
at the time and place stated in the public notice. A tabulation of
all bids received shall be posted for public inspection.
[CC 1995 § 25.125]
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 1995 § 25.150]
In case of an apparent emergency which requires immediate purchases
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 1995 § 25.160]
To the maximum extent practicable, the purchases of this City
shall be made under the provisions of the Missouri State-Local Technical
Services Act. The provisions of this Chapter requiring competitive
bidding at the local level shall not apply to such purchases.