1983-29Bill 1983-29
TRANSITORY ORDINANCE N0. 17.11
CHARTER AMENDMENT ORDINANCE NO. 16
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE AWARDING OF
CONTRACTS BY THE CITY, AMENDING SECTIONS
6.05 and 6.06 OF THE RICHFIELD CITY CHARTER
CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. Sections 6.05 and 6.06 of the City
Charter of the City of Richfield, Minnesota are amended to
read as follows:
"Sec. 6..05. Purchases and Contracts. The City
Manager may make or let contracts for the purchase of mer-
chandise, materials or equipment, or any kind of construc-
tion work when the amount of such contract does not exceed
$x;8$8 $10,000. If such contract exceeds the last stated
amount but is less than $8,888 $'15-,000, same may be made or
let by the City Manager after first obtaining the approval
of the city council. Allother purchases shall be made and
all other. contracts shall be let by the council.
"Sec. 6.06. Contracts: How Let. Every contract for
the sale or purchase of merchandise, materials or equipment,
or the rental thereof, or for the construction, alteration,
repair or maintenance of real or personal property, where
the amount involved is more than $18;888 $15,000 shall be
let only by the council upon the recommendat oni of the City
Manager to the lowest responsible bidder, unless, the. council
shall otherwise provide by resolution adopted by a vote of a
majority of the council and published once in"the official
legal newspaper of the city. The council may, however,
reject any and all bids. Subject to the provisions of the
Charter, the. council may by ordinance adopt further regula-
tions for making of bids and letting of contracts."
Section 2. This ordinance shall become effective
upon passage and publication in the manner required by law.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield,
Minnesota by unanimous vote this 12th-, ,~;~ of December ,
1983,
ATTEST
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Sv is K. Ber
Johr~/;~amilton Mayor
City C
SUN
NEWSPAPERS
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
RICHFIELD S~iTN
8940 Lyndale Avenue South
Bloomington, Minnesota
State of Minnesota
Cofanty of Hennepin
D. K. MORTENSON, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all times here stated has been the
vice president and general manager of the newspaper know as The Richfield Sun and has full knowledge
of the facts herein stated as follows: (1) Said newspaper is printed in the English language in newspaper
format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches. (2) Said
newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least once every week. (3) Said newspaper has 50% of its
news columns devoted to news of local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not
wholly duplicate any other publication and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and
advertisement. (4) Said newspaper is' circulated in and near the municipalities which it purports to
serve, has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at least 75%
of its total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second-
class matter in its local post-office (5) Said newspaper purports to serve the City of Richfield in the
County of Hennepin, and it has its known office of issue in the City of Bloomington in said county,
established and open during its regular business hours for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements
and sale of subscriptions and maintained by the managing officer of said newspaper or persons in its
employ and subject to his direction and control during all such regular business hours and devoted
exclusively during such regular business hours and at which said newspaper is printed. (6) Said
newspaper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society. (7) Said newspaper
is made available at single or subscription prices to any person, corporation, partnership or other
unincorporated association requesting the newspaper and making the applicable payment. (8) Said
newspaper has complied with all foregoing conditions for at least one year preceding the day or dates of
publication mentioned below. (9) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior
to January I, 1966 and each January I thereafter and affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary
of State and signed by the managing officer of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating
that the newspaper is a legal newspaper.
He further states on oath that the printed ~ rd i. n anc e NO . 7 9 8 3 - 2 9
hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed
and published therein in the English language, once each week, for One successive weeks;
that it was first so published on wed the 29 day of December 19 83
and was thereafter printed and published on every to and including
the day of 19 and that the following is a printed copy
of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the size and
kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to wit:
abcdefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyz
(Official Pubncation)
CHARTER AMENDMENT
ORDINANCE~N0.19B3-29
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
THE AWARDING~OF
CONTRACTS BY THECITY,
AMENDIN(ISECTIONS
6.05 AND 6.08 OF THE RICHFIELD.
CIT : CHARTER.
CITY OF RI~FI~LD DOES OR-
DAIN: ~r+~. ., '
Section 1. 5ections.i§.O5 and 6.06 of
the City Charter of tfle''City of Rich-
field, Minnesota area ended to read
as follows:
"Sec. 6.05. Purchases and Con-
tracts. The City Manager may make
or let contracts for the purchase of
merchandise, materials or equip-
ment, or any kind. of construction
work when the amount of such con-
tract does not exceed ~i~Y9P$IO,000. If
such contract exceeds the last stated
amount but is less than $10,GY0.$15,000
same may be made or let by the City
Manager after €irst obtaining the ap-
prove] of the city council. Atl other
purchases shall be made and all other
contracts shall be let by the council.
"Sec. 6.06. Contracts: How Let.
Every contract for the sale or
purchase of merchandise, materials
or equipment, or the rental thereof,
or for the construcf<ibn,: alteration,
repair or maintenance of real or
personal Property, where the amount
involved ~s more Lhan.JC1t1,GYO $15,000
shall be let only by the council upon
the recommendation o[ the City Man-
ager to the lowest responsible bidder,
unless, the council shall otherwise
provide by resolution 6.dopted by a
vote of a majority oLtl~ council and
published once in the- gfficial legal
newspaper of the city:; The council
may, however, rejedt•,any and all
bids, Subject to;the pr»vj~sions of the
Charter, the council'..m~y by or-
dinance adopt furthei•.regula[ionsfor
making of bids and letting of con-
tracts."
Section 2. This'Otditiance shall be-
come effectivettpb}jpessageand pub-
lication in the^.;[ip'enn'er required by
law.
Passed by'ffre City Council of the
City of Richfield. Minnesota by unan-
imous vote this 12 day of December,
1983.
JOHN E. HAMILTON
Mayor
ATTEST:
SYLVIA K. BERGH
City Clerk
(Uec.'ll, 1983)-RICH
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