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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />ORDINANCE NO. 2023 —135 <br />BY: All of City Council <br />AN ORDINANCE DISPENSING WITH THE RFP PROCESS <br />OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY SECTIONS 111.03 ET SEQ. OF THE <br />ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, <br />SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL, IF <br />NECESSARY, TO ENTER INTO A TWO-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH <br />AMERICAN LEGAL PUBLISHING CORPORATION FOR THE <br />PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ORDINANCE CODIFICATION <br />SERVICES TO THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, AND <br />DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. <br />WHEREAS, American Legal Publishing Corporation, formerly The Walter H. <br />Diane Company, has provided ordinance codification services to the City of North <br />Olmsted for many years; and <br />WHEREAS, the City has been satisfied with the professional services that have <br />been provided over those years by American Legal Publishing Corporation and believes <br />that the fees charged by the company have been reasonable; and <br />WHEREAS, municipal corporations require such professional services in order to <br />effectively index and arrange adopted ordinances that are of a permanent nature; and <br />WHEREAS, there are only a very limited number of companies in northeast Ohio <br />that currently provide such codification services to municipal corporations; and <br />WHEREAS, American Legal Publishing Corporation last entered into a one (1) <br />year contract on or about November 1, 2022; and <br />WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council to dispense with the formal RFP <br />process provided for in Sections 111.03 et seg. of the Codified Ordinances, because of <br />the continuing professional relationship between the City and American Legal Publishing <br />Corporation, and to authorize the Mayor, subject to approval of the Board of Control, if <br />necessary, to enter into a two (2) year agreement with American Legal Publishing <br />Corporation to continue to provide the ordinance codification services that the City <br />requires. <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OFCUYAHOGA AND STATE OF OHIO: <br />SECTION 1: That the formal RFP Process is hereby dispensed with and the <br />Mayor be and she hereby is authorized to enter into an agreement with American Legal <br />Publishing Corporation to provide ordinance codification services to the City of North <br />