Court Opinion

ID: 9700605
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 21:37:19.669779+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:21:12.313459
License: Public Domain

SCHULTZ, Justice
(specially concurring),
I disagree with Division I of the majority opinion. I do not agree that Iowa Code section 384.99, the competitive bidding law, conflicts with the city ordinance. The purpose of section 384.99 is to protect the lowest bidder, rather than dictate the contract terms that a city might place in its bids. I particularly disagree with the suggestion that the city should protect itself by the imposition of standards reflective of quality. That is a judgment call for the city to make and one we are neither qualified nor authorized to make.
Because I agree with Division II of the majority opinion, I concur.
LAYORATO and ANDREASEN, JJ., join this special concurrence.