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-R.- for competition. The Council may by ordinance convey u¡;x:m the City Man¿çer general authority to contract for expenditures without further approval of the Cruncil for all budgeted items not exceeding five thousand dollars. All contracts for expenditures involving more then five thousand dollars shall be let to the lowest and best responsible bidder after there has been C>¡:)portunity for competitive bidding as provided for by law or ordinance; provided that the City shall have the right to reject any and all bids. Contracts for personal or professional services shall not be let on conpetitive bids.1I ITEM 16: Sec. 12.02. Personal interest and code of ethics. 11 (c) Duties of the ethics review commission: (1) The first ethics review commission shall be appointed within sixty (60) days of the effective date of this Charter arœndrnent to draft recommendations for a code of ethics ordinance for the City of San Marcos. The commission shall submit its proposed code of ethics to the city council within six (6) months and the council shall adopt a code of ethics ordinance not later than one year following the effective date of the Charter amendrœnt. ( 2) Subsequent ethics review commissions shall meet at least once a year to review the code of ehtics of the City of San Marcos and make recommendations, if any, to the city council. (3) Conduct hearings into allegations of violations of the city's code of ethics. Any allegation by any citizen, public officials or employees that a person has viola ted the code may be referred to any rœrnber of the commission who then way request the commission to convene to review the allegation. (4) Render advisory opinions on potential conflicts of interest or violation of the city's code of ethics at the request of a public official or employee covered by the code of ethics. ( 5 ) Recornrœnd to appropriate authorities cases for prosecution for violation of the code of ethics. II ~lete subsection (1) and renumber the remaining sections. In subsection (2), delete the word "subsequent II. In regard to Section l2.02(c)(5): After the word prosecution add "or other action".