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ORDINANCE NO. CQ0Q -- 0-- 1 <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3.04.02 OF THE CITY OF BATESVILLE <br />MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING COMPETITIVE BIDS TO RAISE THE AMOUNT OF <br />EXPENDITURES REQUIRED FOR COMPETITIVE BIDDING TO CONFORM WITH <br />STATE LAW; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. <br />WHEREAS, §3.04.02 of the City of Batesville Municipal Code provides that any contract <br />amount exceeding Twenty Thousand & 00/00 Dollars ($20,000) shall be competitively <br />bid; and <br />WHEREAS, it is often inefficient to bid contracts up to $35,000.00 in that it delays <br />purchases and minor capital improvements needed to benefit the citizens and residents <br />of Batesville; and <br />WHEREAS, Act 435 of 2021 raised competitive bidding requirements for goods and <br />services set forth in Ark. Code Ann. § 14-58-303(2)(A)(i) from $20,000.00 to $35,000.00 <br />for municipalities; and <br />WHEREAS, Act 440 of 2021 raised competitive bidding requirements for public <br />improvements contracts (contracts providing for the making of major repairs or <br />alterations, for the erection of buildings or other structures, or for making other <br />permanent improvements) set forth in Ark. Code Ann. §22-9-203(a) from $35,000.00 to <br />$50,000.00. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BATESVILLE, <br />ARKANSAS: <br />SECTION 1: That Paragraph (a) of §3.04.02 (Competitive bids) of Batesville Municipal <br />Code is hereby amended as follows: <br />(a) The purchasing agent shall have authority to make any and all purchases for <br />goods and services of any amounts less than $20000.09 $35,000.00. Where <br />the amount of any expenditure for any purpose or contract exceeds the sum <br />of $9;899:-99 $35,000.00, the Mayor or his duly authorized representative <br />shall invite competitive bidding thereon by legal advertisement in any <br />newspaper having general circulation in the city. Bids received pursuant to <br />such advertisement shall be opened and read on the date set for receiving <br />such bids in the presence of the Mayor or his duly authorized representative, <br />together with any committee that may be named by the Mayor or City <br />