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TO: Mayor and Councilmembers FROM: City Administrator RE: Additions to Council Agenda Dated December 20, 1983 I I i I i I I I I I I I i I / CASE 4~10: ANOKA COUNTY'S RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE AMENDED LANDFILL INVENTORY SUBMrl~AL TO THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL: Enclosure (D3-1) contains Anoka County's letter dated December 1(~, 1983 with Anoka County's Resolution ~83-114 which is an amendment to Resolution #8Z-47. This is forwarded for Council information. Council Action: No action is required other than to note that you have reviewed the above enclosure, unless you deem other action. CASE #11: OPENING OF COMPUTER BIDS ON DECEMBER 10, 1983: The City of Ramsey opened bids for computer hardware and software on Friday, December 1(~, 1983 at 4:00 p.m. at the Ramsey Municipal Center. During the bid opening process, several bids were received after 4:00 and were included in the opening of the bids that were received on time. One of these bids was received at approximately 4:20 and was erroneously opened. These bids were to be tabulated and received by Council at your January 10, 1984 Council meeting. I have discussed the situation with the League of Cities' Research Department and they state that this situation has arisen before recently in the City of St. Paul in the opening of their bids on Cable T.V. The case went to court and the City prevailed. I also spoke to Mr. Stan Peskar, General Counsel for the League of Minnesota Cities, and he feels that the City should adopt a motion to return all bids and go through the rebidding process. There is enough time to accomplish this between now and January 10, 1984 if Council acts on it tonight. Summary: I respect both of the above views, but I would recommend to Council that we do as is recommended by Mr. Peskar, the League's General Counsel. The question may be asked, how did this situation happen? The long and short of it is, I guess, that I erred in not instructing the people who were receiving the bids that day, as I was not present at the bid opening due to other commitments. However, since that time, I kave closed the barn door. I haven't discussed this situation with the City Attorney, due to his being busy and my workload, but I think he would be of the same opinion.