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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 2004 -17 BY: Council Member Gareau AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 111.02 OF CHAPTER lll OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, ENTITLED "CITY CONTRACTS" IN ORDER TO REQUIRE THE CITY'S CONTRACTORS TO DISCLOSE INFORMATION RELATING TO PAST LITIGATION INVOL VING CLAIMS BY OR AGAINST THE CONTRACTOR WHEREAS, this Council believes that, in selecting contractors for the City's competitively bid contracts involving improvements to the City's buildings, streets and rights-of- way, it is important and relevant to acquire and review information relating to civil actions, arbitration demands, and liens filed by or against such contractors; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council to accordingly amend Section 111.02 of Chapter 111 of the Administrative Code, entitled "City Contracts," in order to require City Contractors to disclose, in addition to other relevant information presently required by the said section, specific information relating to such litigation-related history of contractors; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: That Section 111.02 of Chapter 111 of the Administrative Code, entitled "City Contracts," which presently reads as follows: "111.02 MANDATORY MINIMUM CONTRACTING STANDARDS RELATING TO BIDDER RESPONSIBILITY. (a) In connection with the public bidding and contract awarding process for every proposed improvement to City real property, including, but not limited to, City buildings, streets, and rights of way, for which bidding is required by law, the Director authorized to let bids for said proposed improvement shall, prior to the letting of bids, establish criteria for evaluating bidder responsibility and shall require that all bidders provide information necessary to ascertain the pecuniary and financial responsibility, accountability, reliability, skill, capacity, judgment, and integrity of each bidder to do business in the City. In the event that any bidder fails to furnish the requested information and/or the information provided demonstrates a lack of responsibility, such bidder shall be disqualified and rejected as not a responsible bidder. (b) The Director shall require each bidder to minimally furnish the following items: (1) Description of its experience with projects of comparable size, complexity, and cost within recent years, demonstrating the contractor's ability and capacity to perform a substantial portion of the project with its own forces;