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ORDINANCE NO. 1726
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 1, CHAPTER 18, SECTION 1 AND
AMENDING TITLE 8, CHAPTER 2, SECTION 1 OF THE CANTON
MUNICIPAL CODE.
WHEREAS, the Canton City Council has determined that it is necessary and in
the best interest of the City of Canton to amend Title 1, Chapter 18, Section 1 and Title 8,
Chapter 2, Section 1 of the Canton Municipal Code; and,
WHEREAS, the Canton City Council has made a similar determination.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COLJNICL OF THE
CITY OF CANTON, Fulton County, Illinois, as follows:
1. That the foregoing recitals are hereby found to be fact.
2. That, accordingly, Titles 1-18-1 and Title 8-2-1 of the Canton Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
1-18-1 PURCHASE ORDERS AND CONTRACTS; COMPETITIVE BIDS:
Except as otherwise herein provided, all purchase orders, contracts, or
agreements of whatever nature, for the purchase, lease, or sale of personal
property, materials, equipment, or supplies, involving amounts in excess
of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), made by or on behalf of the City, shall
be let by free and open competitive bidding after advertisement, to the
lowest responsible bidder except those contracts that by their nature are
not adapted to competitive bidding (listed below).
a Contracts for the services of individuals possessing a high degree
of professional skill when the ability or fitness of the individual
plays an important part; and
b Contracts for goods and services that are economically procurable
from only one source, such as for the purchase of magazines,
books, periodicals, pamphlets, and reposts, and of utility services
such as water, light, heat, telephone, or telegraph; and
c Contracts for materials and work that have been awarded to the
lowest responsible bidder after due advertisement but that due to
unforeseen revisions not the fault of the contractor must be revised,
causing expenditures not in excess of ten percent of the contract
price; and
d Contracts for the maintenance of, or provision of repair parts for,
equipment that are made with the manufacturer or authorized
service agent of that equipment when the provision of parts,
maintenance, or servicing can best be performed by the
manufacturer or authorized service agent; and
e Purchases and contracts for the use, purchase, delivery, movement,
or installation of data processing equipment, software, or services
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and telecommunications and interconnect equipment, software, and
services; and,
f Contacts for duplicating machines and supplies; and
g Purchases of equipment previously owned by some entity other
than the district itself; and
h Contracts for repair, maintenance, remodeling, renovation, or
construction, or a single project involving an expenditure not to
exceed $20,000 and not involving a change or increase in size,
type, or extent of an existing facility; and
i Contracts for goods or services procured from another
governmental agency.
8-2-1 CONTRACTS, HOW MADE; All contacts for the making of any public
improvements in the City, to be paid for in whole or in part by special
assessment or special taxation, and any work or other public improvement,
when the expense thereof shall exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars
($10,000), shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder therefore, in the
manner hereinafter prescribed, and be approved by the Mayor.
3. That this Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage
by the City Council of the City of Canton, Fulton County, Illinois, and
approval by the Mayor thereof.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Canton, Fulton County, Illinois at a regular
meeting this ~~ day of May , 2002, upon a roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Aldermen Fillin~~.am, Shores, M-eade, Carl, West, Sarff, Hartford,
Nbllecl:.
NAYS: None .
ABSENT: None.
Approved:
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rry M. Bohler, Mayor
Attest: ``,
ancy Whites ity Clerk