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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION ll-12(a) AND (b) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, 1973, AS A~NDED, PERTAINING TO PURCHASES AND REQUISITIONS, AND PROCUREMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND IMPROVEMENTS CONTRACTS. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Ports- mouth, Virginia: 1. That Section ll-12(a) ~nd City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1973, to read as follows: (b) of the Code of the as amended, be amended Section 11-12. Purchases and requisitions; contracts in- volving City funds; wages in public work or improvement exceeding Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000). (a) The City Purchasin~'-Agent shall,, under the super- vis~on of .the Director of Finance, purchase all supplies for the City and sell all personal property declared as useless, except the purchase of such supplies and the sale of such personal property for which Council may make other provisions. Before making any purchase costing more than TWo Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.) or sale, the City Purchasing Agent shall give opportunity for competition under such rules and regulations promulgated'by the Director of Finance. Such rules shall provide for the right of the City Manager to reject any and all bids and parts of a bid. All advertisements of such bids shall contain a reservation of the right of re- jection. ~iNo purchases shall be made unless the Director of Finance certifies' that funds are available. (b) 'Any public work or improvement Costing more th~n Two Thousand, Five ~undred Dollars ($2,500.) shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after public advertisement and competition. Ail contracts~ except in cases of emergency, over ~venty- five Thousand, Dollars ($25,000.) for street construction shall be let after public advertising. The City Manager shall reserve the right ~o reject any and all bids and all ~dvertisements shall contain such reservation. Any contract for public work or ~mprovement costing more than Two Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.), including~ but not limited to street construction, may be awarded by non- competitive negotiation when Council has determined prior to award of such contract, that competition is not feasible.