NUMB:
980849
VERS:
ORIGINAL
REF:
XXBY:
THE CHAIR
TITLE:
A charter ordinance relating to approval by the city attorney of the form and execution of certain performance bonds.
SECS:
4-17-2 am
ANLS:
- Analysis -
This charter ordinance deletes the requirement that the city attorney approve the performance bonds posted by publishers of legal advertising and common council proceedings.
BODY:
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. The City of Milwaukee elects not to be governed by the provisions of s. 1, ch. 539, laws of Wisconsin, 1919.
Part 2. Section 4-17-2 of the charter is amended to read:
4-17. Publications.
2. TO REQUEST BIDS. The common council [[of any city of the first class, as classified by the Statutes of 1898,]] shall on or before the 1st Tuesday in April, in each year direct the city clerk [[of such city]] to invite proposals to do the advertising for [[such]] >>the<< city for the next ensuing year thereafter, and until a new contract is awarded, of all ordinances, notices and all the city advertising required by law, or by resolution or ordinance of the common council, to be published in a newspaper, and also for proposals to publish the proceedings of the common council as may be ordered by the council. He >>or she<< shall invite separate bids for the advertising required, which advertising may be divided and classified if the council shall so order, and for publishing the proceedings of the common council, and shall invite such bids from the English newspapers published daily in such city for at least [[two]] >>2<< consecutive years prior to the date of the bids, and shall require the delivery of such proposals in writing duly sealed, and directed to [[said]] >>the city<< clerk, on or before the 3rd Thursday of April of the then current year. Such proposals shall name a price per folio, or shall name a price per folio per [[thousand]] >>1,000<< of average daily circulation in such city for...
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