286.1. The executive committee may, if so authorized by ordinance of the council, perform any function of the council other than the passing of by-laws. The ordinance shall define the object of the authorization.
The ordinance shall fix, for each object it defines, the amount at the committee’s disposal for that purpose. In no case may the committee authorize expenditures exceeding that amount.
Where in accordance with the first paragraph, the committee awards a contract that may not, under section 204, be awarded except after a public call for tenders, it shall not award it to any other person than the one who made the lowest tender within the prescribed time.
1985, c. 27, s. 118; 2018, c. 82018, c. 8, s. 26416.