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~S} The city shall provide in every public contract for lawn and landscape maintenance a condition requiring the contractor to compost or mulch yard waste materials at an approved site, if feasible and cost-effective. Section 3, Section ~.1~30 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended by adding a new Subparagraph (1)(~ thereto, and amending Subsections (2), (4), and (5) thereof, to provide: x.123 0 Public Contracts - Exem tions and Classifications. ~ 1 } The following classes of public contracts are exempt from competitive bidding as public contracts that do not encourage favoritism or substantially diminish competition and that result in substantial cast savings: ~q} Contracts accepted by the city manager pursuant to section 3.4156} of this code for in-kind telecommunications services. ~2} The following classes of public contracts are hereby created and when the procedure for each class is followed such contracts do not encourage favoritism nor substantially diminish competition and do result in substantial cost savings: ~a} ~on~racts under $5,,00. The purchasing agent shall establish the procedures for awarding contracts less than $5,000 in value for goods, services, or both, or for public improvements; fib} Contracts $S,O~~,,to..$10,000. All contracts for an amount which is valued $5,000 or more but less than $10,000 shall be based on informal quotations unless in the discretion of the purchasing agent the nature of the proposed contract requires formal quotations or formal bids. The purchasing agent shall seek quotations from a sufficiently large number of potential bidders to insure sufficient competition to meet the best interests of the city and shall award the contract after receiving at Ieast three responsive quotes. An award based on receiving less than three quotes may be made only on a determination by the purchasing agent that potential bidders were given a reasonable opportunity to submit quotes, ~c} Contracts 10 000 to 75 000. All contracts for an amount which is valued $10,000 or more but less than $75,000 shall be based on formal quotations unless in the discretion of the purchasing agent the nature of the proposed contract requires formal bids. Unless the purchasing agent determines that mailed invitations will notify a sufficiently large number of potential bidders to insure sufficient competition to meet the interests of the city ar that an invitation published in a trade journal will give better notice to potential bidders, the solicitation of formal quotations shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation the Eugene area. Commencing July 1,1995, advertisements for formal quotations may be published electronically instead of in a newspaper of general circulation if the purchasing agent determines that electronic advertisements for quotations are likely to be cost-effective. ordinance - 2