Athens City Charter

Section 1. Be it further enacted, That any public work or improvement, costing more than the amount authorized by Article IX, Section 2, subsection (i) entitled "Maximum expenditures by City Manager," shall be executed by contract, except when specific work or improvements are authorized by the City Council and approved by the City Manager, to be done by the city's own departments.

But the City Manager shall have the power to reject all bids and to perform the work with the city's departments subject to the approval of the City Council and all advertisement shall contain a reservation of this right. [As amended by Priv. Acts 1990, ch. 213, § 8; Priv. Acts 1992, ch. 215, § 14; and Priv. Acts 2000, ch. 83, § 5, and replaced by Priv. Acts 2019, ch 7, § 4]