City of Madison - File #: 50760

• File #: 50760
• Version: 2
• Name: Public bid not required for certain City-performed work
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/27/2018
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• On agenda: 4/17/2018
• Final action: 4/17/2018
• Enactment date: 4/28/2018
• Enactment #: ORD-18-00045
• Title: SUBSTITUTE Amending Section 33.07(6) of the Madison General Ordinances to add additional types of public construction that may be done by the City without submitting the work for public bid. (**This ordinance requires 15 votes of the Common Council.)
• Sponsors: Paul R. Soglin, Mark Clear

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/17/2018	2	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt Unanimously	Pass
4/10/2018	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Re-refer to a Future Meeting to Adopt	Pass
3/21/2018	1	BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT (15 VOTES REQUIRED) - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
3/20/2018	1	COMMON COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Pass
3/6/2018	1	BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS	Referred
3/6/2018	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer	Pass
2/27/2018	1	Attorney's Office/Approval Group	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
No Appropriation Required
Title
SUBSTITUTE Amending Section 33.07(6) of the Madison General Ordinances to add additional types of public construction that may be done by the City without submitting the work for public bid.
(**This ordinance requires 15 votes of the Common Council.)
Body
DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This ordinance is a companion to ORD-17-00108 (File ID 47776) that is now necessary as it does not appear that the State legislature will increase the bidding threshold from $25,000 as was anticipated at the time ORD-17-00108 was adopted. Wis. Stat. § 62.15(1) allows the Common Council, by a vote of ¾ of all its members, to exempt certain types of public construction from the public bidding requirements (otherwise applicable to all public construction over $25,000) and allow this work to be performed directly by the City. This ordinance would add additional classes of public construction to the existing list: sanitary sewer improvements, along with the demolition, installation, construction improvement or repair of City facilities. Under the prior amendment to this subdivision, the City would not be able to exercise this option where the cost of labor is estimated to exceed $125,000, as indexed annually.
This substitute adds an additional exception for work able to be done internally by the Parks Division where the Parks Superintendent has determined that the City is able to do the work in question.

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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:

Subdivision (a) of Subsection (6) entitled “Public Construction Allowed to be Done by the City Without Bids” of Section 33.07 entitled “Board of Public Works” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:

“(6) Public Construction Allowed to be Done by the City Without Bids.
(a) Pursuant to the authority provided by Wis. Stat. § 62.15(1), the following classes of public ...