Opinion ID: 2353245
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Compliance with City Ordinances

Text: [¶ 22] Section 2-293 of the City's Code of Ordinances provides a process for competitive sealed bidding for certain City contracts: All contracts of the city for purchases of supplies or construction at or in excess of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) and for the purchase of services at or in excess of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) shall be awarded by competitive sealed bidding except as otherwise provided in this article. Augusta, Me., Code of Ordinances § 2-293(a) (2006). When competitive sealed bidding is required, [t]he City Council shall be notified at a regular Council meeting of all pending purchases of supplies, construction and/or purchase of services. Augusta, Me., Code of Ordinances § 2-306 (2006). [¶ 23] The City complied with these Ordinances in the process of obtaining the bids for the redevelopment of the Cony property. That other purchased services might have been obtained without competitive bidding does not affect the validity of the purchase and sale agreement with the LLC. Even if the city manager executed the contracts for services with the surveyor or the planning and design consultant without competitive sealed bidding, there are no facts in the record demonstrating any link between those services and the execution or terms of the purchase and sale agreement. Although ordinance violations might affect the validity of the service contracts themselves, such violations are not grounds for invalidating the purchase and sale agreement at issue here.