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11 PA Cons Stat § 11901.2 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 119 - Contracts|Section 11901.2 - Contracts or purchases not in excess of base amount of $18,500

§ 11901.2. Contracts or purchases not in excess of base amount of $18,500. With regard to all contracts or purchases not in excess of the base amount of $18,500, subject to adjustment under section 11903.1 (relating to adjustments to base amount based on Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers), the following shall apply:  (1) The purchases or contracts shall be evidenced by note or memorandum in writing, signed by the officer or employee making the purchase or contract.  (2) Council, or the officer designated by council, shall approve all purchases or contracts, except council need not approve those purchases or contracts within the category of small or routine purchases or incidental expenses, as defined by ordinance.
11 PA Cons Stat § 11901.3 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 119 - Contracts|Section 11901.3 - Determining amount of contract

§ 11901.3. Determining amount of contract. The amount of the contract shall be the entire amount which the city pays to the successful bidder or the successful bidder's assigns in order to obtain the services or property, or both, and shall not be construed to mean only the amount which is paid to acquire title or to receive any other particular benefit or benefits of the whole bargain.
11 PA Cons Stat § 11901.5 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 119 - Contracts|Section 11901.5 - Receipt, opening, award or rejection of bids

§ 11901.5. Receipt, opening, award or rejection of bids. (a) Advertisement.--If advertisement and bidding are required, the advertisement shall specify the time and place bids will be received and the time and place for the opening of bids.  (b) Bids.--Bids received pursuant to advertisement shall be opened publicly by council or its designated agent. The amount of each bid and any other relevant information as may be specified by council, together with the name of each bidder, shall be disclosed and recorded, and the record shall be open to public inspection.  (c) Award or rejection.--At a public meeting of council, not more than 60 days after the receipt of bids, council shall either award the contract or reject all bids.
11 PA Cons Stat § 11901.7 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 119 - Contracts|Section 11901.7 - Compliance with other laws

§ 11901.7. Compliance with other laws. Every contract subject to this chapter shall comply, as applicable, with the provisions of the act of August 15, 1961 (P.L.987, No.442), known as the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act, the act of December 20, 1967 (P.L.869, No.385), known as the Public Works Contractors' Bond Law of 1967, the act of January 23, 1974 (P.L.9, No.4), referred to as the Public Contract Bid Withdrawal Law, the act of March 3, 1978 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Steel Products Procurement Act, the act of February 17, 1994 (P.L.73, No.7), known as the Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act, and 62 Pa.C.S. Chs. 37 Subch. B (relating to motor vehicles), 39 (relating to contracts for public works) and 45 (relating to antibid-rigging).
11 PA Cons Stat § 11901.8 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 119 - Contracts|Section 11901.8 - Prohibitions

§ 11901.8. Prohibitions. No individual, consultant, firm or corporation contracting with a city for purposes of rendering personal or professional services to the city shall share with any city officer or employee, and no city officer or employee shall accept, any portion of the compensation or fees paid by the city for the contracted services provided to the city.
11 PA Cons Stat § 11901.9 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 119 - Contracts|Section 11901.9 - Lowest responsible bidder

§ 11901.9. Lowest responsible bidder. For purposes of this chapter, the lowest responsible bidder need not be the bidder submitting the lowest dollar amount bid. The city may also consider the quality of goods or services supplied, ease of repair, compatibility with other city equipment or services, responsiveness, past performance of the bidder and any other reasonable factors specified in the advertisement for bids.
11 PA Cons Stat § 11902 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 119 - Contracts|Section 11902 - Evasion of advertising requirements

§ 11902. Evasion of advertising requirements. The following shall apply: (1) No elected or appointed official or officials of any city shall evade the provisions of this chapter requiring advertising for bids by purchasing or contracting for services and personal property piecemeal for the purpose of obtaining prices under the base amount of $18,500, subject to adjustment under section 11903.1 (relating to adjustments to base amount based on Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers), upon transactions which should, in the exercise of reasonable discretion and prudence, be conducted as one transaction amounting to more than the base amount of $18,500, subject to adjustment under section 11903.1.  (2) Paragraph (1) is intended to make unlawful the practice of evading advertising requirements by making a series of purchases or contracts, each for less than the advertising requirement price, or by making several simultaneous purchases or contracts, each below the price, when, in either case, the transactions involved should have been made as one transaction for one price.  (3) Any elected or appointed official who acts in violation of paragraph (1), knowing that the transaction upon which the elected or appointed official acts is or ought to be a part of a larger transaction and that it is being divided in order to evade the requirements as to advertising for bids, shall be jointly and severally subject to surcharge for 10% of the full amount of the contract or purchase. Wherever it shall appear that an elected or appointed official may have acted in violation of this section but the purchase or contract on which the elected or appointed official acted was not executed, this section shall be inapplicable.    Cross References. Section 11902 is referred to in section 11903.1 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 11906 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 119 - Contracts|Section 11906 - Designation of appropriations, certification in excess of appropriation and contracts for governmental services for more than one year

§ 11906. Designation of appropriations, certification in excess of appropriation and contracts for governmental services for more than one year. With regard to any contract, council may direct the city administrator, chief fiscal officer or other designated official or employee to furnish information concerning the availability of appropriated money to satisfy required payments under the contract. Nothing in this section shall prevent the making of contracts for governmental services for a period exceeding one year, but any contract shall be executed only for the amounts agreed to be paid for the services to be rendered in succeeding fiscal years.
11 PA Cons Stat § 11908.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 119 - Contracts|Section 11908.1 - Purchase contracts for petroleum products, fire company and participation

§ 11908.1. Purchase contracts for petroleum products, fire company and participation. Council of each city shall have power to permit, subject to any terms and conditions as the city may impose, any fire company, rescue company and ambulance company in the city to participate in purchase contracts for petroleum products entered into by the city. Fire company, rescue company and ambulance company participation in purchase contracts for petroleum products shall be subject to the condition that all prices shall be FOB. If permitted by council, a fire company, rescue company or ambulance company may participate in designated petroleum product contracts entered into by the city, subject to the fire company, rescue company or ambulance company:  (1) Having filed with the city clerk a request that it be authorized to participate in contracts for the purchase of petroleum products of the city.  (2) Having agreed that it will be bound by any terms and conditions imposed by the city. (3) Having agreed that it will be responsible for payment directly to the vendor under each purchase contract.
11 PA Cons Stat § 11909 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 119 - Contracts|Section 11909 - Separate bids for plumbing, heating, ventilating and electrical work, elevators and escalators

§ 11909. Separate bids for plumbing, heating, ventilating and electrical work, elevators and escalators. The following shall apply: (1) In the preparation of specifications for the erection, construction and alteration of any public building, when the entire cost of the work shall exceed the base amount of $18,500, subject to adjustment under section 11903.1 (relating to adjustments to base amount based on Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers), the architect, engineer or other person preparing the specifications shall prepare only the following separate specifications:  (i) Plumbing. (ii) Heating. (iii) Ventilating. (iv) Electrical work. (v) Elevators and escalators. (vi) One complete set of specifications for all the other work to be done in the erection, construction and alteration.  (2) The project manager, construction manager or other person authorized by council to enter into contracts for the erection, construction or alteration of the public buildings shall receive separate bids upon each of the branches of work and council or the appropriate city officer shall award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder for each of the branches, including the balance of the work, in addition to the plumbing, heating, ventilating and electrical work and elevators and escalators. Where it is desired to install an air conditioning unit, the heating and ventilating may be regarded as one branch of work having only one set of specifications, and bids may be received and a contract awarded on that set as provided under this chapter.    Cross References. Section 11909 is referred to in section 11903.1 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 11910 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 119 - Contracts|Section 11910 - Acceptance by contractor of Workers' Compensation Act

§ 11910. Acceptance by contractor of Workers' Compensation Act. (a) General rule.--All contracts executed by any city which involve the construction or performance of any work involving the employment of labor shall contain a provision that the contractor shall accept and file with the city, proof of compliance with or exemption from the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), known as the Workers' Compensation Act, insofar as the work covered by the contract is concerned.  (b) Certificate of exemption.--A certificate of exemption from issuance may be issued on the basis of either individual self-insurance or group self-insurance.  (c) Exception.--A contractor shall file with the city any proof that the Department of Labor and Industry, with respect to certain employees, has accepted the application to be excepted from the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act on religious grounds.  (d) Violation.--Any contract executed in violation of this section is void.
11 PA Cons Stat § 11911 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 119 - Contracts|Section 11911 - Contracts for improvements and assignment of assessments

§ 11911. Contracts for improvements and assignment of assessments. Where the whole or any part of the cost of an improvement is to be paid by assessments upon the property abutting or benefited, the city may enter into an agreement with the contractor pursuant to which the contractor shall take an assignment of the assessments in payment of the amount due under the terms of the contract, and the city shall not be otherwise liable under the contract.
11 PA Cons Stat § 11912 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 119 - Contracts|Section 11912 - Architects and engineers in employ of city, prohibitions from bidding on public works and penalty

§ 11912. Architects and engineers in employ of city, prohibitions from bidding on public works and penalty. (a) Bidding.--It shall be unlawful for any architect or engineer in the employ of any city to bid on any public work of the city.  (b) Award.--It shall be unlawful for the officers of any city, charged with the duty of letting any public work, to award a contract to any architect or engineer in the employ of the city.  (c) Violation.--Any person violating these provisions commits a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be subject to forfeiting office, in accordance with section 10901 (relating to appointment, removal and prohibition), and sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $500, or to imprisonment for not less than six months, or both. Any contract made in violation of the provisions of this section shall be null and void.  (d) Construction.--The provisions of this section shall be in addition to any prohibition in 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 11 (relating to ethics standards and financial disclosure).
11 PA Cons Stat § 11916 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 119 - Contracts|Section 11916 - Contracts with passenger or transportation companies

§ 11916. Contracts with passenger or transportation companies. Except as may be prohibited by 66 Pa.C.S. Pt. I (relating to public utility code) or Federal or other State regulation of transportation or commerce, a city may, as it deems necessary for the public benefit and convenience, contract with a person owning a public transportation service, railroad company, street railway, motor power company or passenger or transportation company.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12001 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 120 - Police Force|Section 12001 - Appointment, number, rank, compensation and qualifications of police officers

§ 12001. Appointment, number, rank, compensation and qualifications of police officers. (a) General rule.--Council shall fix, by ordinance, the number, grades and compensation of the members of the city police force, who shall, except as provided in section 12002 (relating to designation of chief), be appointed in accordance with the civil service provisions of this chapter.  (b) Demotion.--No member of the city police force having been promoted in conformity with the civil service provisions of this chapter shall be demoted in rank or discharged from the police force except upon proper cause shown as set forth under the civil service provisions of this chapter.  (c) Prohibition.--No police officer, after the police officer's appointment and qualification, shall hold, at the same time, the office of constable.  (d) Rules and regulations.--Council shall promulgate rules and regulations for the organization and governing of the police force.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12002 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 120 - Police Force|Section 12002 - Designation of chief

§ 12002. Designation of chief. The chief of police shall be designated by the mayor from within the ranks and may be demoted without cause in the same manner, but not to any rank lower than the rank which was held at the time of designation as chief of police. In the event that no qualified officer from within the ranks has applied for the designation, the chief of police shall be designated by the mayor from outside the ranks. The officers, other than the chief of police, shall be designated in accordance with Chapter 144 (relating to civil service).    Cross References. Section 12002 is referred to in sections 12001, 14406.1 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12003 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 120 - Police Force|Section 12003 - Extra police officers and compensation

§ 12003. Extra police officers and compensation. The mayor may appoint extra police officers, whenever it is necessary in the judgment of the mayor for the public safety or to preserve order, to serve for a period designated by council, not to exceed 30 days and whose compensation shall be fixed by council.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12005 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 120 - Police Force|Section 12005 - Powers of police officers to arrest

§ 12005. Powers of police officers to arrest. Police officers shall be ex-officio constables of the city and shall enforce the laws of this Commonwealth or otherwise perform the functions of their office in accordance with 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 8952 (relating to primary municipal police jurisdiction) and 8953 (relating to Statewide municipal police jurisdiction) and upon property owned or controlled by the city or by a municipal authority created by the city. A police officer may, without warrant and upon view, arrest and commit for hearing any and all individuals:  (1) Guilty of: (i) breach of the peace; (ii) vagrancy; (iii) riotous or disorderly conduct; or (iv) drunkenness. (2) Engaged in the commission of any unlawful act tending to imperil the personal security or endanger the property of the citizens.  (3) Violating any of the ordinances of the city for the violation of which a fine or penalty is imposed.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12006 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 120 - Police Force|Section 12006 - Service of process, fees and payment into treasury

§ 12006. Service of process, fees and payment into treasury. Police officers shall have authority to serve and to execute criminal process or processes issued for the violation of city ordinances and shall charge the same fees and costs as pertain by law to the constables of the city for similar services, but the fees and costs shall be paid into the city treasury monthly.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12007 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 120 - Police Force|Section 12007 - Supervision by mayor

§ 12007. Supervision by mayor. The chief of police shall obey the orders of the mayor and make report to the mayor, which shall be presented monthly by the mayor to council.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12008 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 120 - Police Force|Section 12008 - Extra compensation prohibited, exception and penalty

§ 12008. Extra compensation prohibited, exception and penalty. No police officer shall ask, demand or receive any compensation or reward for the police officer's services other than compensation provided by ordinance, except rewards offered for the arrest of persons accused of crimes committed outside of the city in which the police officer is employed. A police officer violating any of the provisions of this section commits a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine or imprisonment, or both, to be followed by dismissal from office.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12009 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 120 - Police Force|Section 12009 - Compensation or insurance for volunteer police officer

§ 12009. Compensation or insurance for volunteer police officer. Each city may make necessary appropriations to provide compensation or insurance for volunteer police officers injured or killed while engaged in the performance of duties as may be assigned to them in the city.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12101 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 121 - Fire Bureau|Section 12101 - Organization of fire bureau, maintenance and apparatus

§ 12101. Organization of fire bureau, maintenance and apparatus. With regard to a city fire bureau, council shall have the authority to: (1) establish and organize a fire bureau by ordinance; (2) make appropriations for the maintenance of the fire bureau; (3) promulgate regulations for the governing of the officers and companies belonging to the fire bureau; and  (4) purchase equipment and apparatus for the extinguishment, prevention and investigation of fires and for the public safety.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12101.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 121 - Fire Bureau|Section 12101.1 - Appointment and demotion of fire chief

§ 12101.1. Appointment and demotion of fire chief. The mayor, by and with approval and consent of council, shall appoint the fire chief who may be demoted without cause but not to any rank lower than the rank which the fire chief held within the fire bureau at the time of designation as fire chief. In the event that no qualified employee of the fire bureau has applied for the appointment, the fire chief shall be appointed by the mayor, by and with approval and consent of council, from outside the ranks.    Cross References. Section 12101.1 is referred to in sections 12102, 14406.1 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12102 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 121 - Fire Bureau|Section 12102 - Paid fire bureau, election of officers and companies

§ 12102. Paid fire bureau, election of officers and companies. When a paid fire bureau is organized by any city, council, except as provided by section 12101.1 (relating to appointment and demotion of fire chief), may provide for the election or appointment of the officers and companies belonging to the fire bureau by ordinance in accordance with civil service provisions, where applicable. The minimum annual starting salary or compensation to be paid to officers and firefighters by any city shall be established by council.
11 PA Cons Stat § 12103 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 121 - Fire Bureau|Section 12103 - Platoon system and hours of service

§ 12103. Platoon system and hours of service. (a) General rule.--The director of the department having charge of the fire bureau in a city may divide the officers and members of companies of the uniformed fire force in the employ of the city, and any other firefighters and drivers regularly employed and paid by the city, except the chief engineer and assistant chiefs, and those employed subject to call, into shifts, bodies or platoons to perform service during the hours as the director shall fix. In cases of riot, serious conflagration, times of war, public celebrations or other emergency, the fire chief or officer in charge at any fire shall have the power to assign all the members of the fire force to continuous duty or to continue any member of the fire force on duty, if necessary.  (b) Schedule after May 19, 2014.--Except as provided in subsection (c), no schedule shall require a member of any shift, body or platoon to perform continuous service for a consecutive period of 24 hours, except in cases of emergency or as otherwise agreed to through collective bargaining or an award pursuant to the act of June 24, 1968 (P.L.237, No.111), referred to as the Policemen and Firemen Collective Bargaining Act. The provisions of this subsection shall not be deemed to alter or affect any schedules in existence prior to May 19, 2014.  (c) Schedule before May 19, 2014.--In a city where the work schedule in existence prior to May 19, 2014, required a work shift of less than 24 hours, no schedule shall require a member of any shift, body or platoon to perform continuous service for a consecutive period of 24 hours, except in cases of emergency or as otherwise voluntarily agreed through collective bargaining. Once so modified, no further work schedule may contain provisions reinstituting a restriction on duty of less than 24 hours of continuous service.