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CITY OF LAKE ANGELUS NOTICE OF ADOPTION – ORDINANCE AMENDMENT On May 12, 2026, the Lake Angelus City Council adopted Ordinance No. 173 amending Part Two, "Administration Code," Title Two, "General Provisions," Chapter 208, "Contracts, Purchasing and Sale of City Property," by amending Section 208.02 and Section 208.03 to read as follows: Sec. 208.02. – Purchasing and contracts. Purchases of supplies, services, materials, or equipment shall be made in accordance with this Chapter and the Purchasing Policy adopted by Council, as amended. Where required by the Purchasing Policy, requests for bids shall be made in the open market and shall be awarded, where practicable, to the lowest qualified bidder. Any or all bids may be rejected for any reason, and the City may waive any irregularities in bids. The purchasing agent shall be responsible for issuing requests for bids or quotes in accordance with the Purchasing Policy. A record of all open market purchases and the bids submitted thereon, if any, shall be kept in accordance with the City's duly adopted record retention schedule. Records relating to City purchasing and contracts shall be available for public inspection upon request. Sec. 208.03. – Purchases or contracts requiring sealed bids. Any expenditure for supplies, materials, equipment, a construction project, or a contract obligating the city which requires sealed bids under the Purchasing Policy shall be approved by the city council in accordance with the provisions of the Purchasing Policy and this section. (a) Any purchase requiring a sealed bid shall be made the subject of a written contract subject to review and approval of the city attorney. If allowed under the Purchasing Policy, a purchase order shall be a sufficient written contract in cases where the expenditure is in the usual and ordinary course of the city's affairs and is included in the current fiscal year's budget. (b) The purchasing agent shall solicit bids from a reasonable number of vendors as required by the Purchasing Policy, and notice thereof shall be posted in the city hall. Such notice shall set forth the specifications of the supplies, materials, or equipment, or construction projects or other matter to be contracted for, and shall state the amount of any bond or other security to be given with the bid, and the amount of any bond or other security to be given with the contract. The notice shall state the date, time and place for filing bids and the date, time and place of opening bids and shall also state that the right is reserved to reject any or all bids and to waive irregularities. Any other conditions shall be stated in general terms. (c) The request for bids shall prescribe the amount of any security to be deposited with any bid, which deposit shall be in the form of cash, a certified or cashier's check, or a bond written by a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Michigan. The amount of such security shall be expressed in terms of a percentage of the bid submitted. The request for bids shall also fix the amount of the performance bond and, in the case of construction contracts, the amount of the labor and materials bonds to be required of the successful bidders and subcontractors, if applicable. (d) Bids shall be opened in public by the city clerk at the time and place designated in the notice requesting bids. The city clerk and at least one other city official shall be present at the opening of the bids. The bids shall thereupon be examined and tabulated and reported to the city council with a recommendation from the purchasing agent as to the winning bid. In lieu of the procedure for opening bids herein specified, the city council may direct that bids be opened at a regular or special city council meeting. (e) When such bids are submitted to the city council, it may accept any bid which it considers to be in the best interest of the city. Such award may be by resolution or ordinance. The city council shall have the right to reject any or all bids and to waive irregularities in bidding and to accept bids which do not conform in every respect to the bidding requirements. (f) For any contract for work on any City building or public work or improvement where the cost exceeds $50,000, the contractor shall submit security that complies with Public Act 11 of 1982, being MCL §129.201 et seq. Such security shall be executed by a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Michigan, conditioned upon the performance of the contract and holding the city harmless from all losses or damages caused to any person or property by reason of any carelessness or negligence by the contractor and from all expense of inspection, engineering and otherwise, caused by the delay in the completion of any improvement, and further conditioned to pay all laborers, mechanics, subcontractors, and materialmen, as well as all just debts, claims, and demands incurred in the performance of such work. (g) All bids, bid bonds, deposits of cash or certified or cashier's checks may be retained until the contract is awarded and signed. If any successful bidder fails or refuses to enter into the contract or fails or refuses to file any bond required within five days after the contract has been awarded, the deposit accompanying his or her bid shall be forfeited to the city, and the city council may, in its discretion, award the contract to the next lowest qualified bidder or the contract may be readvertised. A complete copy of the ordinance amendment may be inspected upon request. This amendment shall take effect upon the expiration of seven (7) days after publication of this notice. Sarah Razzaque, City Clerk. Published 05-19-2026 The Oakland Press