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CITY OF WEST PAUL ID : FEB 22 '93 16 :05 No .010 P .03 -20- Sec. 6.05. Purchases and Contracts. The City Manager shall be the chief purchasing agen o t e i y. Ali city purchases and contracts shall be made or let by the City Manager when the amount of the purchase or contract does not exceed $8,500.00. All other purchases shall be made and all other contracts let by the Council after the recommendation of the City Manager has first been obtained. All contracts, bonds, and instruments of any kind to which the City is a party shall be signed by the Mayor and the City Manager on behalf of the City and shall be executed in the name of the City. Sec. 6.06. Contracts: How Let. In all cases of work to be done by contract, or of the purchase of personal property of any kind, where the amount involved is more than $8,500.00, unless the Council shall by emergency ordinance otherwise provide, the City Manager shall advertise for bids in such manner as may be required by law. Contracts of this magnitude shall be let only by the Council to the lowest responsible bidder after consideration of the recommendation of the City Manager. The Council shall require every bid to be accompanied by a bond or certified check in such sums and with such surety and conditioned as the Council may prescribe. The Council may, however, reject any and all bids. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the Council from contracting by a two-thirds vote for the doing of work with patented processes, or from the purchasing of patented appliances by the same majority. Subject to the provisions of this Charter, the Council may by ordinance adopt further regulations for the making of bids and the letting of contracts. Sec. 6.07. Labor Contracts. The City Manager is responsible for negotiating contracts with the City officers and employees or their bargaining agents to extend for an appropriate term and shall submit the final agreement to the City Council for approval .