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PURCHASING
ORDINANCE RE: PURCHASING
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE LEGAL VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON IN LAWFUL MEETING DULY ASSEMBLED: THAT
Section 1. The First Selectman or his duly authorized representative, shall have exclusive power and responsibility to make purchases of all supplies, apparatus, equipment, materials and other things requisite for public purposes for the Town of Stonington and to make all necessary contracts for work or labor to be done, or material or other necessary things to be furnished for the benefit of the Town where the amount of the expenditure for any purpose or contract does not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000).
Section 2. Where the amount of expenditure for any purchase or contract exceeds the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), the First Selectman, or his duly authorized representative, shall invite competitive bids thereon by legal advertisement in any local newspaper. Bids received pursuant to said advertisement shall be opened and read on the date set for receiving said bids, by the Board of Selectmen, or their duly authorized representative. The contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder; provided, however, the Board of Selectmen or their duly authorized representative, may reject any and all bids received.
Section 3. The Board of Selectmen, or their duly authorized representative, may sell or exchange any municipal supplies, materials or equipment without competitive bidding if such supplies, materials or equipment have a value of less than two thousand dollars ($2,000). No supplies, materials or equipment shall be sold without receiving competitive bids, therefore if the value thereof exceeds the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000).
This ordinance shall become effective fifteen (15) days after publication in a newspaper having a circulation in the Town of Stonington.
Adopted July 20, 1983
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