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§ 838 — Authority to do extra work on improvement projects without advertising for bids in certain instances

Memphis Code of Ordinances (Supp. No. 33: codified through Ordinance No. 5959, enacted May 12, 2026) · Memphis Charter, art. 77, § 838

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Sec. 838. - Authority to do extra work on improvement projects without advertising for bids in certain instances.

Whenever it becomes necessary to do any extra work in the completion of any construction or improvement project that has been awarded under the contract of the City of Memphis, which contract was for an amount in excess of $1,000.00, and in which contract was awarded after advertising for bids as now required by law, the City Engineer, by and with the approval of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Memphis, shall have authority to authorize an expenditure for such extra work without the necessity of advertising for bids on such special work, provided that the cost of the extra work shall not exceed ten percent of the original contract price contained in said award.

(Priv. Acts 1935, ch. 388, § 2)