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MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

regulations regarding the use of competitive bidding and
contracts for all Town purchases and contracts. All
expenditures for supplies, materials, equipment,
construction of public improvements, or contractual
service involving more than TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,000)
shall be made on written contract. The manager shall
advertise for sealed bids, in such manner as may be
prescribed by ordinance, for all such written contracts.
The written contracts shall be awarded to the bidder who
offers the lowest or best bid, quality of goods and work,
time of delivery or completion and responsibility of
bidders being considered. All such written contracts
shall be approved by the council before becoming
effective. The manager may reject all bids and
readvertise. The Town at any time in its discretion may
employ its own force for the construction or
reconstruction of public improvements without advertising
for (or readvertising for) or receiving bids. All
written contracts may be protected by such bonds,
penalties, and conditions as the Town may require.

Section 2. That the date of passage of this
Resolution is November 11, 1974, and the amendment of the
Charter of the Town of Glenarden, hereby enacted shall
become effective on December 31, 1974, unless a proper
Petition for Referendum hereon shall be filed as provided
by Section 13 of Article 23A of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1973 Replacement Volume) and provided a
complete and exact copy of this Resolution shall be
continually posted on the bulletin board of the Glenarden
Municipal Hall, 8600 Glenarden Parkway, Glenarden

Maryland until___________197____, and provided further

that a full summary of the proposed amendment shall be
published in the Enquirer Gazette, a newspaper of general
circulation in the Town of Glenarden, not less than four
times at weekly intervals prior to _____________197____.

Section 3. That the Mayor of the Town of Glenarden
is hereby specifically directed to carry out the
provisions of Section 2 herein regarding the giving of
notice by posting and publication of this Resolution, and
as evidence of said compliance, the Clerk to the Mayor
and Council shall cause to be affixed to the Minutes of
this meeting a certificate of such posting and of such
publication, and the Mayor, if there be no Petition for
Referendum, shall declare the Charter Amendment hereby
made to be effective on the date herein provided for,

which is__________197____, by affixing his signature

hereto in the space provided below, the effective date
hereof.

Section 4. That if a proper Petition for Referendum
of the Charter Amendment herein proposed, is filed, the
Mayor and other proper officials of the Town of Glenarden