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LA PLATA

SECTION I

BE IT RESOLVED, by the Mayor and Town Council of The
Town of La Plata, That Section 61, Purchasing and
Contracts, of the Town Charter be amended as set forth
below:

61. PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS.

All purchases and contracts for the Town government
shall be made by the Clerk—Treasurer. The Council may
provide by ordinance for rules and 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
Cone thousand dollars ($1,000)] FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
($5,000) shall be made on written contracts. The
Clerk—Treasurer shall be required to advertise for sealed
bids, in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance,
for all such written contracts. Such 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
Clerk—Treasurer shall have the right to reject all bids
and readvertise. The Town at any time in its discretion
may employ its own forces 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 II

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the date of the
adoption of this Charter Amendment Resolution is 25 April
1974, and that the amendment to the Charter of the Town
of La Plata hereby proposed by this enactment shall be
and become effective on 14 June 1974 (upon 50th day after
passage), unless a proper petition for a referendum
hereon shall be filed as permitted by law. A complete
and exact copy of this Charter Amendment Resolution shall
be posted in the Town Hall until 4 June 1974 (for 40 day
period after adoption), and a fair summary of the
proposed amendment shall be published in a newspaper of
general circulation in the Town of La Plata no less than
four times, at weekly intervals within a period of at
least 40 days after the adoption of the resolution
containing the proposed amendment.

SECTION III