(65 ILCS 5/8-10-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-10-5)
Sec. 8-10-5.
In the case of an emergency affecting the public health
or safety, so declared by the corporate authorities of the municipality
at a meeting thereof duly convened, which declaration shall require the
affirmative vote of a majority of all the members thereof and shall set
forth the nature of the danger to the public health or safety, contracts
may be let to the extent necessary to resolve such emergency without
public advertisement. The resolution or ordinance in which such
declaration is embodied shall fix the date upon which such emergency
shall terminate, which date may be extended or abridged by the corporate
authorities as in their judgment the circumstances require.
The purchasing agent hereinafter provided for, may purchase or may
authorize in writing any agency of such municipal government or of the
institutions, boards or commissions thereof, if any, to purchase in the
open market without filing requisition or estimate therefor, and without
advertisement, any supplies, materials or equipment, for immediate
delivery to meet bona fide operating emergencies where the amount
thereof is not in excess of $40,000. A full written account of any such
emergency together with a requisition for the materials, supplies or
equipment required therefor shall be submitted immediately to the
purchasing agent and shall be open to public inspection for a period of
at least one year subsequent to the date of such emergency purchase. The
exercise of the authority herein vested in the purchasing agent in
respect to purchases for such bona fide operating emergencies shall not
be dependent upon a declaration of emergency by the corporate
authorities under the first paragraph of this section.
(Source: P.A. 81-1376.)
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