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§ 203-4 BROOME COUNTY CODE § 203-6
B. For those architectural and engineering service contracts for which legislative
authorization is required by the Broome County Charter and for which the appropriate
Commissioner expects the compensation to be $15,000 or less, the appropriate
Commissioner shall conduct negotiations on scope of work and professional
compensation initially with the highest ranked architectural or engineering firm. The
Commissioner shall advise all Legislators of the time and place of said negotiating
sessions and shall allow all Legislators to observe said sessions. If a mutually satisfactory
contract cannot be negotiated with that firm, the Commissioner shall formally terminate
the negotiations and notify the firm. Negotiations then shall be initiated with the
second-ranked firm, and this procedure shall be continued until a mutually satisfactory
contract has been negotiated. if negotiations fail with the listed firms, the names of
additional firms shall be selected and ranked by the appropriate Commissioner, and
negotiations shall continue in the manner described above.
§ 203-5. Public reports.
Upon reaching agreement on the terms of a contract with a firm, the appropriate
Commissioner shall refer the proposal to the Broome County Legislature for approval. The
Commissioners shall issue an annual report summarizing the projects processed during the
year and the architects and engineers selected to design them.
§ 203-6. Administrative provisions.
A. Nothing in this chapter shall affect the validity or effect of any contracts in existence at
the effective date hereof.
B. This chapter shall not apply to architectural and engineering service contracts for which
legislative authorization is not required by the Broome County Charter.
C. If any section, subsection, paragraph, phrase, clause or word of this chapter is held to be
invalid, the remainder of the chapter shall not be affected.
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