2007 Minnesota Statutes

412.691 MANAGER IS PURCHASING AGENT; AUDIT AND APPROVAL.
The manager shall be the chief purchasing agent of the city. All purchases for the city and all
contracts shall be made or let by the manager when the amount of the purchase or contract does
not exceed $20,000 unless a lower limit is provided by the city council; but all claims resulting
therefrom shall be audited and approved by the council as provided in section 412.271. All other
purchases shall be made and all other contracts let by the council after the recommendation of
the manager has first been obtained. All contracts, bonds and instruments of every kind to which
the city is a party shall be signed by the mayor and the manager on behalf of the city and shall
be executed in the name of the city.
History: 1949 c 119 s 85; 1959 c 526 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1992 c 380 s 3;
2004 c 278 s 5