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<br />ATTY/CHARTER AMENDMENTS/2018/2018 DRAFT CHARTER AMENDMENTS
<br />REV: 06-25-18 VR
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<br />(As amended April 13, 1954, ratified by Legislature January 13, 1975, Stats. 1955, Chapter 27; as
<br />amended March 4, 1975; certified by Secretary of State March 20, 1975; as amended April 13,
<br />1982, certified by Secretary of State June 10, 1982; as amended November 4, 2003, certified by
<br />Secretary of State March 5, 2004.)
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<br />Section 68: CITY MAY PERFORM ITS OWN WORK, ETC.:
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<br />If the cCity cCouncil shall reject all bids, it may, in lieu of soliciting or advertising for new bids,
<br />determine and declare by a five-sevenths (5/7ths) vote of all its members that the work in
<br />question may be more economically or satisfactorily performed by day labor, or the materials or
<br />labor purchased at a lower price in the open market, and after the adoption of a resolution to this
<br />effect, it may proceed to have the same done in the manner stated without further observance of
<br />the provisions of Section 67 hereof; and
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<br />Provided that, in the case of a great public calamity, such as extraordinary fire, flood, storm,
<br />epidemic, or other disaster the cCouncil may, by resolution passed by a vote of five-sevenths
<br />(5/7ths) of all its members, determine and declare that the public interest or necessity demands
<br />the immediate expenditure of public money to safeguard life, health, or property and thereupon
<br />they may proceed, without soliciting or advertising for bids or receiving the same, to expend, or
<br />enter into a contract involving the expenditure of any sum required in such emergency, on hand
<br />in the cCity treasury and available for such purpose. (As amended March 4, 1975; certified by
<br />Secretary of State March 20, 1975.) Section 69 deleted April 11, 1978, certified by Secretary of
<br />State June 12, 1978) Section 70 omitted to allow for amendments.
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<br />MISCELLANEOUS
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<br />Section 71. GENERAL LAWS APPLICABLE:
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<br />All general laws of the state applicable to municipal corporations, including those relating to
<br />"municipal affairs," now or hereafter enacted, and which are not in conflict with the provisions
<br />of this cCharter or with ordinances or resolutions hereafter enacted1 shall be applicable to the
<br />cCity.
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<br />Section 72. DEFINITIONS:
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<br />Whenever in this cCharter the word "City" occurs, it means Redwood City; and every department,
<br />board or officer; whenever either is mentioned, means a department, board or officer, as the case
<br />may be, of Redwood City. Whenever in this cCharter, the word "State" occurs, it means the State
<br />of California. Whenever the term "General Laws" is used herein, it means General Laws of this
<br />State.
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<br />Section 72.5 RESERVEDGENDER:
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