A. The mayor and city administrator are authorized, without further action by the city council, to purchase or enter into contracts for materials, equipment, supplies, and services, not otherwise subject to other provisions of state law or city code, in amounts up to thirty thousand dollars.

B. The mayor and city administrator are authorized, with the consent of all city council finance committee members, to enter into architectural and engineering contracts in amounts up to fifty thousand dollars.

C. The mayor and city administrator are authorized, with the consent of all city council finance committee members, to purchase materials, equipment, supplies and services, subject to other provisions of state law and city code, in amounts up to fifty thousand dollars.

D. The specified constraints remain applicable even to purchases, whether they are budgeted expenses or funded by a grant. Also, the procurement policy still applies.

E. Purchases made or contracts entered into under subsections (B) and (C) of this section shall be approved by the city council at the next regularly scheduled meeting.