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Home My WebLink About1224 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1973/05/29ORIGINAL ORDINANCE NO. 1224 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 5.05 AND 5.06 OF THE ST. LOUIS PARK HOME RULE CHARTER THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN: MAY 21, 1973 5E1 Section 1. Section 5.05 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of St. Louis Parlc entitled °Purchases and Contracts` is amended to read: The City Manager shall be the chief purchasing agent of the city. All purchases on behalf of the City shall be made, and all contracts let, by the City Manager, provided that the approval of the Council must be given in advance whenever the amount of such purchase or contract exceeds $5,000.00. All contracts, bonds, and instruments of every kind to which the City shall be a party shall be signed by the Mayor on behalf of the City as well as by the City Manager, and shall be executed in the name of the City. Section 2. Section 5.06 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of St. Louis Park entitled Contracts. How Let` is amended to read: In all cases of contracts for the purchase of merchandise, materials, equipment or for any kind of construction work undertaken by the City, which require an expenditure of more than $5,000.00 unless the Council shall by an emergency ordinance otherwise provide, the City Manager shall advertise for bids by at least one week's published notice in the official newspaper. Contracts and purchases in excess of $5,000.00 shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder as determined by the Council. The Council may, however, reject any and all bids. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the Council from contracting for the doing of work with patented processes, or from the purchasing of patented processes, or from the purchasing of patented appliances. Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect ninety days after its passage and publication. Adopted by the City Council 29, 197 4,6.„) Reviewed for administration: -‹, City Manager Mayor Approved as to form and legality: City Xttorney • 4). SUN NEWSPAPERS AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION ST.LOUISPARKSUN 6601 W. 78th St. Bloomington, Minnesota State of Minnesota 1. County of Hennepin $s. J R RITCHAY, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all times here stated has been the vice president and printer of the newspaper known as The St Louis Park 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 prmted space to at least 900 square inches (2) Said newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least once each 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 Ivication and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and advertisements (4) Said spaper is circulated in and near the municipality which it purports to serve, has at least 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 atter m its local post -office (5) Said newspaper purports to serve the City of St Louis Park 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 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 to the business of the news- paper and business related thereto (6) Said newspaper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society (7) Said newspaper has complied with all the foregoing conditions for at least two years preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below (8) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1, 1966 and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the publisher 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 ()rain? inept Noy 122/1 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 f1Ila sotccessive weeks, that it was first so published on Th II V R the 31 day of May 191 and was thereafter printed and published on every to and including III the da f / y o 19 and that the following is a printed copy 40 ( the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to -wit `_-" abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghifklmnopgrstuvwxvz Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31 day of G M Vest, Notary Public, Hennepin County, Minn My Comm(ssion`Expires April 18th, 1979 May , 19 (Official Publication( MAY21, 1973 5E1 ORDINANCE NO 1224 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SEC- TIONS 5 05 AND 506 OF THE ST LOUIS PARK HOME RULE CHARTER THE CITY ORST, LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN , Section 1 Section 5 05 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of St Louis Park enti- tled 'Purchases and Contracts' is amended to read i The City Manager shall be the chief purchasing agent of the city All pur- chases on behalf of the City shall be made, and all contracts let, by the City Manager, provided that the ap- proval of the Council must be given in advance whenever the amount or such purchase or contract exceeds *5,000 00 All contracts, bonds, and instruments of every kind to which ' the City shall be a party shall be , signed by the Mayor on behalf of the City as well as by the City Manager, and shall be executed in the name of the City Section 2 Section 5 06 of the,Home Rule Charter of the City of St Louis Park enti- tled "Contracts How Let" is amended to read In all cases of contractk for the purchase of merchandise, materials, equipment or for any kind of con- struction work undertakemby the City, which require an expenditure of more than *5,000 00 unless the Coun- cil shall by an emergency ordinance i otherwise provide, the City Manager shall advertise for bids by at least one week s published notice 'in The official newspaper Contracts and purchases in excess of *5,000 00 shall be let to the lowest responsible bid- , der as determined by the Council The Council may, however, reject any and all bids Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the Council from contracting for the,idoini_of work with patented proheses; or from the purchasing of patented processes, or from the purchasing of patented appliances Section 3 This ordinance shall take of--' fect ninety days after its passage and pub hcation Adopted by the City Council May,29 1973 /s/ FRANK J PUCCI Attest Mayor /s/ EARL E HANSON City Clerk Reviewed for administration CHRIS CHERCHES City Manager Approved as to form and legality /s/ WAYNE G POPHAM City Attorney (May 31, 19731—SLP • • Hie No. Affidavit of Publication ST. 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