The city had not even let contracts for $414 million, including $213 million appropriated three or more years ago.

By the Comptroller's standard, the department let contracts for only 56 percent of the $1.55 billion.

City agencies would then be responsible for letting contracts, within the guidelines of the approved budget.

The executive branch would receive power to let contracts, with some oversight by the Council.

City agencies would be directly responsible for letting contracts.

They can let contracts expeditiously and cut through red tape.

Besides letting contracts to local firms for everything from laundry service to construction, they set up a market outside the base.

Article Four charged him with "letting contracts without advertising some."

No doubt he provided some other means of letting contracts.

The city hopes to let contracts late next year and use at least some electronic machines in the 1989 mayoral election.