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HomeMy WebLinkAbout892ORDINANCE NO. 892 385 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF UKIAH ADDING A NEW ARTICLE 4 ENTITLED "INFORMAL BIDDING" TO CHAP- TER 6 OF DIVISION 1 OF THE UKIAH MUNICIPAL CODE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING AND MAIN- TAINING A LIST OF QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS AND IMPLEMENTING TBE INFORMAL BIDDING PROCEDURES AUTHORIZED BY THE PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE SEC- TIONS 22030 ET SEQ. The City Council of the City of Ukiah does ordain as fol- 1 ows: SECTION ONE: Findinqs and Declaration. The City Council of the City of Ukiah finds and declares that this ordinance is enacted in accordance with the requirements of Public Contracts Code Section 22034 for the purpose of establishing a procedure for the selection of contractors to perform public projects within the City of Ukiah. SECTION TWO: AdoDtion of New Article 4. A new Article 4 is added to Chapter 6, Division 1 of the Ukiah Municipal Code, and provides as follows: ARTICLE 4 - INFORMAL BIDDING Section 1540 - Purpose. The purpose of this Article is to establish an informal bid- ding ordinance to govern the selection of contractors to perform public projects pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 22032 of the Public Contracts Code, or any successor provision of state law. Section 1541 - Maintenance of Contractors List. In November of each year, the City clerk shall cause a writ- ten notice to be mailed to all construction trade journals desig- nated in Public Contracts Code Section 22036, inviting all licensed contractors to submit the name of their firm to the City for inclusion on the City's list of qualified bidders for the following calendar year. The notice shall require that the con- tractor provide the name and address to which a Notice to Con- tractors or Proposal should be mailed a phone number at which the contractor may be reached, the type of work in which the contrac- tor is interested and for which the contractor is currently licensed (i.e., electrical, painting, general building, etc.) together with the class of contractor's license or licenses held and the contractor's license number(s). 1542 -Revision of Contractors List. On January 1 of each year the City Council may create a new Contractors List by adding any contractor's name they so desire to the existing Contractors List. At a minimum, the Contractors List must include all contractors who have properly provided the City with the information required under Section 1541, during the calendar year in which the list is valid. The City Clerk shall also include on the Contractors List the names of all contractors who have submitted a valid bid to the City during the preceding calendar year. A contractor may have his/her firm added to the City's Contractors List at any time by providing the information required under Section 1541, to the City Clerk and by making a request in writing to the Clerk that the contractor's firm be added to the list. 386 1543 - Informal Bidding Procedures. Public projects of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or such greater sum as is authorized by Public Contracts Code section 22032 (b) or any laws that amend said section, or less may be let by the City to contract by the informal bidding procedures provided in this Section. The City clerk shall mail a notice to all contractors on the City's Contractors List for the category of work being bid. All notices shall be mailed by the Clerk not less than ten (10) calendar days before bids are due. The notice inviting informal bids shall describe the project in general terms, how to obtain more detailed information about the project, and state the time and place for the submission of bids. All bids received shall be filed with the City Clerk and opened by the Clerk at the time and place specified in the notice inviting bids. Any bidder may be present during said bid opening and may inspect any such bid. 1544 - Awarding of Contract. The awarding of all contracts advertised under this Article shall be made by the City Council to the lowest responsible bid- der, provided the bidder is competent. The Council may delegate the authority to award informal contracts to the City Manager or his or her designee. At such time as it is authorized by Public Contracts Code section 22034 (f) or any laws that amend said sec- tion, if all bids received are in excess of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000), the City Council may by passage of a resolu- tion by a four-fifths vote, award the contract, at eighty thousand dollars ($80,000), or less, to the lowest responsible bidder, if it determines the cost estimate of the City was reasonable. SECTION THREE: Effective Date, Publication. The City Clerk shall publish this ordinance as required by law. This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its final passage. THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE was introduced and read by title o~ at a regular meeting of the Ukiah City Council held on the day of August 1989 and adopted on the 20 day of .$~ptpmhpr 1989 by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Wattenburger, Shoemaker, Hickey and Mayor Henderson NOES: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: Counci 1 member Schnei ter ATTESTED: C~t~' ~2] !r~ ' -~/