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MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

Laws of Maryland (1963 Edition as amended) and containing
in whole or in part the Charter of The City of Greenbelt,
Maryland, shall be amended by repealing and reenacting
with amendments Section 40—40, Title, "Purchases", to
read as follows:

"Sec. 40. Purchases.

It shall be the duty of the city manager to control
the purchase, storage and distribution of all supplies,
materials, equipment and contractual services required by
the city government or any officer thereof; to establish
and enforce standard specifications with respect to such
supplies, materials, and equipment, and to determine
their quality, quantity, and conformance with
specifications; and to transfer to or between city
offices or departments, or to sell surplus, obsolete or
unused supplies, materials and equipment in such manner
as council shall establish by ordinance. The city
Manager shall provide an opportunity for competition
under such rules and regulations, and with such
exceptions, as the council may prescribe by ordinance
before making any purchase or contract for supplies,
materials, equipment or contractual services.

All expenditures for supplies, materials, equipment,
CITY IMPROVEMENTS or contractual services, except
professional services, involving more than [one thousand]
TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED dollars, shall be made on
written contract which shall be awarded by the council on
the basis of competitive bids; except, whenever it is
determined to be in the best interests of the city, the
council may waive the bidding procedure and authorize by
resolution, a negotiated purchase or contract. The
council shall prescribe competitive bid procedures by
ordinance and such procedures may authorize participation
with other agencies in the joint taking of bids and award
of purchases. The purchase or contract awards shall be
made to the bidder submitting the best bid, in the
judgement of council, after consideration of all factors,
including price, quality of goods or services offered,
time of delivery and responsibility of bidder."

Section 2. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the date of

the adoption of the Resolution is _____ and that the

amendment to the Charter of the City of Greenbelt, hereby
proposed by its enactment, shall be and become effective

on _______, unless a proper petition for a referendum

hereon shall be filed as permitted by law. A complete
and exact copy of the Resolution shall be posted in the

city office until _______, and a copy of the title of

this Resolution shall be published in a newspaper of
general circulation in the City of Greenbelt not less
than four (4) times at weekly intervals before _______.