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Resolution No - 2'7 05 NI c.s. '-i)
RESOLUTION SUBMITTING To THE ELECTORS AT
THE REGULAR ELECTION ON JUNE 13, 1961, PROPOSED _
AMENDMENT TO SECTION 69,OF ARTICLE X OF THE
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CITX_CHAR .
INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN. 611444-4-4-- C-- fr,-- Riga-- At ticAARdiegulounredar . meeting of
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the City Council of the City of Petaluma pn the 17th day of Apr 19 61
BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City Council submit to the electors of the City of Petaluma at the
regular election to be held in said City on June 13, 1961, the following_proposal for amend-
ment to the City Charter, to-wit:
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MEASURE: (8) Shall Section 69 of Article X of the City Charter be
amended to read as follows:
. Section 69A The Council shall let annually, contracts for the official ad-
vertising for the ensuing fiscal year. For this purpose the council shall advertise once in
the official newspaper, at leasrfive days before award of contract, setting forth distinctly
and specifically the work contemplated to be done and ask for sealed proposals therefor,
The proposal shall specify the type and spacing to be used at the rates nano d in the bids.
If there be but one newspaper printed and published in the City of Petaluma then and in
that event the advertisement for the sealed proposals required hereunder shall not be
required and the contract for services required may be negotiated. If at the time of
awarding the contract for the official advertising, there are no charter or ordinance pro-
visions requiring_publication' morelrequently than once each week of any ordinance, reso-
lution, regulation, or advertisement of, or proceedings by the city, or any body or official
thereof, the council shall let the contract for such official advertising to the lowest respon-
sible bidder printing and publishing a daily or weekly newspaper in the city„ If, however,
at such time there is any Charter or Ordinance requiring publication more frequently than
once each week of any ordinance, resolution, regulation, or advertisement of or proceed-
ings by said city, or any body or official thereof, the council shall let said contract for
such official advertising to the lovvest responsible bidder printing and publishing a daily
newspaper in the city.
In order to qualify as the official newspaper of the city, such newspaper
shall be of general circulation and have been in existence at the time of the awarding of
the contract at least one year. The council may reject any and all bids if found excessive
and advertise for new bids.
The_new.spaper_to which such..award of_advertising isinacie zhall.be known
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'and:desig ated gas the official newspaper,
Nothing,herein contained shall prevent the city.of any body or officer' --
thereof troth-ea-Using any ordinance, resolution, regulation or advertisement.ot,...or.pro.-.
ceeding:by said city to be published in a newspaper_i ..the,-cisty,..,in..sddi.tion..to..the:.offici.al...
newspaper, if such body or officer determines that such.additional publication is neces-
sary or proper, -
under the power:authority conferred upon-this Council by the Charter of laid City.
Seconded b��� e Pet, COUNCILMEN VOTE
- - Ayes Noes Ahsen
Councilman.Marino P..Crinella
I hereby certify that the foregoing reso ution was duly and - -
- regularly-intfoducedia4adopted by the Council of the City of Thomas J. Ellis, Jr.
Petaluma, om the /7- day of...: (41 .4. 19 '/, by Milton A. Gustafson
the following vote:
•• John J. King
(SEAL) !J01 / Everett A. Matzen
Mayor.of the City of Petaluma
�s,� Norman P. Van Bebber
Attest G4Gp ,/� 1. ``414R�2. Mayor Arthur W. Parent yr
City Clerk