Number
020885
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
A substitute charter ordinance relating to implementation of various provisions of the 2003 city budget.
Sections
7-14-2-b am
8-05 rp
16-02 rc
16-05 rc
16-12 rp
Analysis
This charter ordinance amends the charter to implement various positions of the 2003 city budget:
1. Purchasing activities relating to the award of contracts exceeding $30,000 will be handled by purchasing staff. The central board of purchases is renamed the purchasing appeals board and its duties include hearing appeals on purchases exceeding $30,000 on specifications established by the city purchasing director or as to the apparent low responsible bidder.
2. The position of deputy commissioner of neighborhood services is abolished.
3. All references to the Pabst theater and the Pabst theater board are deleted.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 8-05 of the charter is repealed.
Part 2. Section 16-02 of the city charter is repealed and recreated to read:
16-02. Purchasing Appeals Board: Members, Meetings.
1. MEMBERS. a. The purchasing appeals board shall be composed of the mayor, the commissioner of public works, the chair of the common council committee on finance and personnel, the director of administration, the city comptroller, the president of the common council; and 2 city employes, one each appointed by the mayor and the president of the common council. The mayor and common council president shall make their respective city employe member appointments within 60 days after assuming office or within 60 days after a vacancy occurs in such board position, whichever is later.
b. Members, with the exception of the 2 city employe members, may designate alternates in writing by filing with the city clerk's office. Such alternates may represent their respective principal members and exercise all powers of pri...
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