GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 334
HOUSE BILL 693

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF HIGH POINT RELATIVE TO PURCHASING, CONTRACTING, AND BIDDING.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 9.5(a) of the Charter of the City of High Point, being Chapter 501, Session Laws of 1979, as rewritten by Chapter 916, Session Laws of 1987, reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Contracts on informal bids. All contracts for construction or repair work in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more, but not in excess of the amount established by G.S. 143-129 as amended from time to time, or contracts for the purchase of apparatus, supplies, materials or equipment involving expenditure of public funds in the amount of $5,000 or more, but not in excess of the amount established by G.S. 143-129 as amended from time to time, made by any officer, department, board or commission of the city, when practical, shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder taking into consideration quality, performance and the time specified in the proposal for the performance of the contract, after informal bids have been secured; provided, contracts may be awarded upon receipt of one bid in all cases where there is only one (1) source of supply and in all cases where only one (1) bid has been received after efforts have been made in writing to secure more than one (1) bid, and it shall be the duty of such officer, department, board or commission to keep record of all bids submitted, and such records shall be subject to public inspection at any time."
Sec. 2.  Section 9.5(b) of the Charter of the City of High Point, being Chapter 501, Session Laws of 1979, as rewritten by Chapter 916, Session Laws of 1987, reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Procedure for letting Public Contracts.  No construction or repair work requiring estimated expenditure of public money in an amount more than the amount established by G.S. 143-129 as amended from time to time, or purchases of apparatus, supplies, materials or equipment requiring estimated expenditure of public money in an amount of more than the amount established by G.S. 143-129 as amended from time to time, except in cases of special emergencies as determined by the council involving health and safety of the people or their property, shall be performed and no contract shall be awarded therefor unless the provisions of this section are complied with."
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 15th day of June, 1989.