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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
ORDINANCE NO. 576
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SEWARD, ALASKA, CCNFIRMING EMEffiENCY ORDINANCE NO. 575 WAIVING
THE Em;2UIREMENT THAT CITY E1'lPIDYEES REO:IVE A COST OF LIVING INCREASE
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1987 AND AMENDING SECI'ION 17.4.4 -
COST OF LIVING ALLa\1ANCE
WHEREAS, a smrtfall in State and Federal revenue sharing has
necessitated a reduction in City spending for Fiscal year 1987; and
WHEREAS, Section 17. 4.4 of the City code requires that each
classified arployee of the City receive a cost of living adjust.rrent,
based on the Anchorage CPI for the one-year period ending May 30,
effective July 1 of each year; and
WHEREAS, the Ancmrage CPI for the year ending May 30, 1986,
has been determined to be +3.6 percent; and
WHEREAS, a 3. 6 percent across the board cost of living
adjustrrent for classified enployees of the City \\QuId result in an
increase of !lOre than $80,000 in budgeted salaries for Fiscal Year 1987;
and
WHEREAS, in order to rraintain City services at current levels
the City Council by errergency Ordinance No. 575, enacted June 23, 1986,
waived the requirerrent that City employees receive a cost of living
increase for Fiscal Year 1987; and
WHEREAS, the Seward Code requires the enact.rrent of an
ordinance following a public hearing confirming the actions taken by
errergency Ordinance No. 575; and
WHEREAS, it is a finding of the City Council that a cost of
living adjustrrent for enployees at this tirre \\QuId seriously tax the
ability of the City to operate within budgeted revenues for the Fiscal
Year beginning July 1, 1986; and
WHEREAS, reduction in State and Federal revenue sharing is
likely to continue given the Federal deficeit and decrease in the price
of oil; and
WHEREAS, given the decline in revenue sharing, the City
Council finds it to be in the public interest to anend Section 17.4.4 of
the City Code to allow greater flexibility in rraking employee cost of
living adjustrrents;
NCM, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCTI. OF THE CITY OF SEWARD,
ALASKA, HEREBY ORDAINS that:
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CITY OF SEWARD, AIASKA
ORDINANCE NO. 576
Section 1. The public interest would best be served by
suspending the cost of living adjust.rrent set forth in Section 17.4.4 of
the City Code for Fiscal Year 1987.
Section 2. The cost of living adjust.rrent called for in
Section 17.4. 4 of the City Code is hereby waived for the Fiscal Year
beginning July 1, 1986.
Section 3. Section 17.4.4 Cost of Living AlICMance is arrended
to read as follCMs:
Cost of Living Allowance. The pay plan nay be
adjusted with the approval of the City Council on an
annual basis on or before July 1st to reflect a cost
of living allCMance (COlA) based upon the May 30
Anchorage M=tropoli tian area figure published by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics, for all employees in the
classified service, provided that changes nade in
the pay plan to reflect a cost of living allCMance
will be effective July 1st.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect ten (10) days
follCMing enact.rrent.
ENACl'ED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, AIASKA,
this 28 day of July , 19 86
THE CITY OF SEWARD, AIASKA
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, GIESELER, MAYOR
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
GIESELER, GILLESPIE,
NONE
BOOHER & HILTON
NONE
MEEHAN, SCHOLL & SIMUTIS
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CITY OF SEWARD, AIASKA
ORDINANCE NO. 576
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APPROVED AS 'ID FORM:
HUGHES, THORSNESS, GANTZ, FaVELL
AND BRUNDIN, Attorneys for the
City of Seward, Alaska
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Fred B. Arvidson, City Attorney
Introduced By: City Manager
Introduction Date: 07/14/86
Public Hearing &
Enactment Date: 07/28/86
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CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
ORDINANCE NO. 577
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SEWARD, ALASKA, PROVIDING FOR PREQUALIFlCATICN OF BIDDERS
WHEREAS, Section 10-8 of the Seward City Code provides certain
provisions and restrictions to be folla.ved by the City when contracting
for goods and services; and
WHEREAS, the City Code does not address prequalification of
bidders; and
WHEREAS, nnder certain conditions the public interest would
best be served by requiring prequalification of bidders;
NCW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD,
ALASKA, HEREBY ORDAINS that:
Section 1. Section 10-8 of the Seward City Code is hereby
arrended by adding subparagraph (h) to read as folla.vs:
(h) Prequalification of bidders or proposers nnder
this section is permitted if the city manager
determines that prequalification is in the public
interest. Justification for prequalification may
include but shall not be limited to the need to
restrict bidding to firms having special kna.vledge
and experience in the work required, or a need to
expedite contracting procedures. A request for
Letters of Intent shall be advertised in the rrenner
prescribed at (a), not less than two weeks prior to
the deadline for accepting the letters. The pub-
lished request shall describe the task(s) to be
perfomed, the minimum qualifications of firms to be
selected, and procedures for evaluating those firms.
Evaluation criteria may include, but shall not be
limited to, the sane factors as listed at Section
10-8.1 for determining a responsible bidder. Firms
will be either approved or rejected, with no rating
designated to compare firms within either the
approved or rejected category. At least three firms
must be included in the approved category. The city
conncil shall approve the prequalification list by
resolution. requests for bids or proposals will be
solicited from only those firms on the approved list
and only those prequalified firms shall be allCMed
to submit bids pursuant to this section.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect ten (10) days
folla.ving enactment.
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