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ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1682 PAGE FIVE into only after review of such alternative sources of supply or performance as may be available in competition with one another and selection therefrom on the basis of obtaining maximum quality goods, services, or performance at minimum costs. Purchases may be made in the open market without observing the bidding requirements prescribed by the City Charter or this article, in each and every one of the fol- lowing cases: (a) Purchases of services, supplies, materials, and equipment, the expenditure for which does not exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). (b) Purchases of services, supplies, materials and equipment whenever it shall appear that there is only one reasonably available source, if approved in advance by the City Council. (c) Purchases of services, supplies, materials and equipment deemed by the City Council to be of urgent necessity for the preservation of life, health or property, provided such purchases are authorized by a resolution of the Council containing a declaration of the facts constitut- ing the urgency, and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the Council. (d) Situations where solicitation of bids would for any reason be an idle act, if approved in advance by the City Council. (e) Situations where no bids are received, after advertising therefor. SECTION 7: That Section 2-1 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 2-1. City Manager's Authority to Approve Change Orders. The city manager of the City of Santa Ana is here- by authorized to bind the City of Santa Ana on change orders to city contracts for materials, supplies or equipment, or for public works construction as defined in Santa Ana City Charter Sectibn 421, without previous City Council approval when such change order for any one contract, together with any previously approved change orders for said contract, do not cumulatively amount to an increase of the city's expendi- ture obligation under said contract of more than five per- cent (5%), or the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), whichever is the lesser.