OR 2001-955 Purchases which do not require biddingAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2001-955
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING
SECTION 1-5-6, IN PART, TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT
OF PURCHASES OF PERSONAL PROPERTY, WHICH DO
NOT REQUIRE BIDDING, FROM $15,000.00 TO $25,000.00
TO BE AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY MANAGER TO
COMPLY WITH STATE LAW; PROVIDING A
REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Coppell Code of Ordinances currently authorizes the City
Manager to approve purchases for lawful municipal purposes that are not required to comply with
the competitive bidding requirements and are expenditure of $15,000.00 or less; and
WHEREAS, Section 252.001 et. seq. of the TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE provides
that such expenditures which do not exceed $25,000.00 are not required to comply with the
competitive sealed bidding process; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the City to
increase the current amount to comply with State law;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Section 1-5-6 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell,
Texas, be and the same is hereby amended, in part, to read as follows:
"Sec. 1-5-6 Authority to purchase and approve change orders.
All purchases of the personal property and contracts for construction,
repair, services (other than personal or professional), high technology
procurements, or any other lawful municipal purpose that require and
expenditure of $25,000.00 or less, regardless of the source of funds or
whether for consumables, recurring expenses, capital outlay, or
replacement shall be made by the city manager upon such competitive
basis as he may deem necessary and advisable. If the expenditure is
more than $3,000.00, the city manager shall follow the procedures for
contacting disadvantaged businesses prescribed in section 252.0215 of
the TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, as amended. All such
purchases and contracts may be made by the city manager as provided
in this subsection without further city council action.
A contract for personal or professional services requiring an
expenditure of $25,000.00 or less may be authorized by the City
Manager or his designee by administrative action, without further
council action. A contract for personal or professional services
requiring an expenditure exceeding $25,000.00 must be authorized by
the city council.
D. For purchases of personal property and contracts for construction,
repair, services, or any other lawful municipal purpose requiring an
expenditure exceeding $25,000.00, and required by state law to be
competitively bid, the city manager or his designee shall follow the
procedures set forth in Chapter 252 of the TEXAS LOCAL
GOVERNMENT CODE.
For purchases of personal property or contracts for construction,
repair, services of any other lawful municipal purpose requiring an
expenditure exceeding $25,000.00, but not exceeding $50,000.00, and
required by Chapter 252 to be competitively bid, the city manager or
designee shall tabulate the bids and select a vendor or contractor with
the lowest responsible bid. The city council, or the city manager, when
authorized to contract for the city, shall have the right to reject any and
all bids.
G. No expenditure exceeding $25,000.00 may be made without
competitive bids except when the expenditure falls within one of the
general exemptions outlines in section 252.022 of the Texas Local
Government Code, provided however, that in the even of an emergency
expenditure, such emergency shall be declared by the city manager and
approved by the city council, or may be declared by the city council in
its resolution authorizing execution of the contract.
SECTION 2. All provisions of the ordinances of the City of Coppell in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other provisions of the
ordinances of the City of Coppell not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall remain
in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. Should any sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or section of
this ordinance be adjudged or held to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, the same shall not
affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole, or any part or provision thereof other than the part
so decided to be invalid, illegal or unconstitutional, and shall not affect the validity of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage
and publication, as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this 28th day of
August, 2001.
CANDY SHEEHAN, MAYOR
ATTEST: ~ ~
LIBBY BALL, CITY SECRETARY-
By: _
ROBERT E. HAGER, CITY ATTORNEY
(REH/cdb 08/23/01)
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