Ordinance No. 99-30 CITY OF TIGARD,OREGON
ORDINANCE NO. 9931-'1..
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE RE-ADOPTION OF THE CURRENT CITY PURCHASING
RULES AS REQUIRED BY HOUSE BILL 2024.
WHEREAS,State law mandates that all public contracts shall be based on competitive bid except as
otherwise provided by law or the rules of the Local Contract Review Board; and
WHEREAS,Local Contract Review Board rules and procedures are necessary in order to cant'out the
State law to ensure a fair and open contracting process and to protect the City against litigation;and
WHEREAS,House Bill 2024,approved by the Oregon Legislature,requires all local government
agencies to comply with the latest version of the Attorney General's Model Public Contracting Rules,
unless the local government affirmatively adopts its own rules that expressly exempt the local government
from the Model Rules; and
WHEREAS,the Attorney General's office is taking the position that even if the local government has
previously adopted local rules,it must re-adopt those rules after October 23, 1999 pursuant to House Bill
2024 or City purchasing becomes subject to the Attorney General's Model Public Contracting Rules;now,
therefore;
THE CITY OF TIGARD ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: The Att;,mey eneral's Model Public Contracting Rules do not apply to City purchasing.
Section 2: The Tigard City Council,acting as the Local Contract Review Board,does hereby re-adopt
the Local Contract Review Board Rules adopted by Ordinance 96-09,as amended by
Ordinance 96-40,as the rules of the City of Tigard Local Contract Review Board.
Section 3: This ordinance shall be effective 30 days after its passage by the Council,signature by the
Mayor,and posting by the City Recorder.
PASSED: By U►146ADU,S vote of all Council members present after being read by number and
title only,this day of Nl�yem ,1999.
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APPROVED: By Tigard City Council this oMdof 11999.
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