No contract shall ever be made which binds the City to pay for
personal service to be rendered for any stated period of time, but
all appointed officers, agents, and employees shall be subject to
discharge at any time as herein provided.
All contracts for improvements, supplies, materials, etc., the
cost of which does not exceed the maximum amount required for competitive
bidding as prescribed by state law regarding such matters shall be
made and awarded by the City Manager at the lowest and best price
obtainable. All contracts for improvements, supplies, materials, etc.
the cost of which exceeds the competitive bidding limit shall be made
and shall require the concurrence of the Board of Commissioners after
proper publication requirements have therefore been met in accordance
with state law.
No contract purporting to be made by or in behalf of the said
City shall be valid or enforceable if any Commissioner or the City
Manager or any other City officer is directly or indirectly interested
therein.
The Board of Commissioners shall have the right and power to
pass an ordinance regulating the fixing of the City’s liability
and damages with respect to any undertaking or contract to which the
City may become a party.
No warrant for the payment of any claims shall be issued against
said City by the city or any official thereof unless such claims shall
have first been evidenced by and itemized account thereof, approved
by the City Manager and audited and approved by the Board of Commissioners
at a regular meeting and all such warrants when so approved shall
be signed by the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners and countersigned
by the City Clerk.
It shall be the duty of the Board of Commissioners to provide
for a thorough audit of the City’s accounts and records by expert
accountants at such times as it may be deemed expedient but at least
one such audit each year shall be provided for.
