(A) All city expenditures must be approved by Council prior to purchase. Prior approval includes items that are in the current budget as adopted by Council, and Council may designate an amount, by way of resolution, authorizing the City Manager to approve non budgeted expenditures. Council may also designate an amount, by way of resolution, of an amount above which a contract for a budgeted expenditure must be approved by Council before a purchase order, change order, or a notice to proceed may be issued. Prior approval of expenditures does not waive the application of the provisions of this article. The expenditure must still meet the requirements of this article, as applicable.

(B) Any procurement less than $50,000 will be procured in accordance with the rules established by the Procurement Manager.

(C) Procurement requirements shall not be artificially divided or fragmented so as to constitute a purchase under this section and to circumvent the source selection procedures required by §§ 3-5-9 or 3-5-10 or be artificially combined to circumvent this section. (Ord. 08-1137, passed 9-22-2008)