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' Ordinance No. 2004-57 Page 5 (17) Disclosure of every civil action, identified by case name, court name, case number, and date of filing, commenced by or against the bidder in any federal or state court within t6e last five (5) years; (18) Disclosure of every demand for arbitration, identifed by case name, arbitration agency, case number, and date of filing, commenced by or against the bidder within the last five (5) years; and (19) Disclosure of every mechanics or other statutory lien, identified by the name of the lien claimant, t6e volume and page number of the recorded document, and date of filing, filed by the 6idder or against an owner's property or fund by any third party contractor, subcontractor, materialman, or laborer, as a result of that third party's contractual relations6ip with the bidder in any court, recorder's office or other government agency wit6in the last fve (5) years. (c) In the event the amount of the lowest bid appears disproportionately low when compared with estimates undertaken by or on behalf of the City and/or compared to other bids submitted, the Director shall have the right to inquire further of the apparent lowest bidder to determine whether the bid contains mathematical errors, omissions and/or erroneous assumptions, and whether the apparent lowest bidder has the capability to perform and complete the contract for the bid amount. (d) The Director shall make recommendations to the Board of Control with respect to the responsibility of every bidder whose bid is not otherwise disqualified or rejected. If the Director recommends that an apparent lowest bidder be disqualified or rejected for failure to meet the responsibility standards set forth in subsection (b) hereof, the City Board of Control shall notify said apparent lowest bidder of the same in writing, stating the responsibility standards which were not met by the bidder, and setting forth a time, date and place for the apparent lowest bidder to appear and be heard by the Board of Control, prior to a final determination being made regarding that bidder's responsibility. The Board shall not award a contract involving any such apparent lowest bidder until after the bidder has been heard, or, after notice has been given, the bidder fails to appear or declines to be heard." SECTION 3: That, in addition to Ordinance No. 2004-17 refened to in Section 1 above, all other ordinances, or parts of ordinances, inconsistent or in conflict with this Ordinance, are, to the extent vf such inconsistency or conflict, repealed. 5ECTION 4: That this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure immediately necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare, and for the reason that it is necessary that this Ordinance go into effect immediately in order that it may be applied to City projects scheduled for competitive bidding in early 2004 for the better protection of the public fisc, and further provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members of Council, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor. l PASSED: Second Readingo __ First Reading: j'1--,-/( ? o ? _ Third Reading: , ? ? 0 ? Committee: - ? _?lc.?uti??