All City taxes, including special improvement taxes, shall be
collected by the County Treasurer, as provided by the laws of the
State relating to taxation in municipal corporations.
(R.O. 1947 § 18)
On November 30th of each year, at 9:00 p.m., all unpaid taxes
are delinquent, and thereafter the County Treasurer must collect,
for the use of the City, 10% upon all delinquent taxes.
(R.O. 1947 § 129)
A. Advertisement
for Bids Required; Rejection: All contracts for work or for supplies
or materials, which exceed the sum of $4,000, must be let to the lowest
responsible bidder, and shall be advertised in one or more newspapers
published in the City for such a period as the Council by order or
resolution may direct; provided, however, that the Council may postpone
action on any such contract until the next regular meeting after bids
are received in response to such advertisement, and may reject any
and all bids and readvertise as provided in this section.
B. Who Shall
Advertise for Bids: All contracts referred to herein shall be advertised
by the committee or officer, jointly or severally, having control
over the work or material, as the City Council may, by order or resolution,
duly entered in its minutes, direct.
C. Contents
and Form of Advertisement: The advertisement required herein shall
be in such form that the officer or committee having control over
the work or material may direct, and shall contain a general reference
to the subject matter of the proposed contract, its terms and conditions
with such specifications as the nature of the same will permit, or
a designation of the place where such specifications may be seen,
and may require security to accompany each bid; also a notice that
sealed bids or proposals will be received thereon by the City Clerk
at his or her office until 7:30 p.m. of a day and date therein specified;
also that the City reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
The advertisement shall show by whom it is ordered published and shall
be signed by the City Clerk.
D. Time and
Manner of Opening Bids:
1. The bids
referred in this section shall be opened by the City Clerk in the
presence of the City Council, while in actual session at any regular,
adjourned or special meeting thereof.
2. The City
Clerk shall not receive any bids left at his or her office after 7:30
p.m. of the day specified in the advertisement. He or she shall present
and open bids received prior to that time at the first meeting held
thereafter.
E. Awarding
of Contract:
1. After
the bids referred to in this section shall have been opened and read
in the presence of the Council, the contract to which the same relate,
shall be let or awarded by the officer or committee having control
of the work or material, to the lowest responsible bidder, subject
to the approval and ratification of the Council entered on its minutes.
2. The award
or letting of the contract shall be made immediately or within such
time as may be specified by the Council after the time for opening
the bids has been closed.
F. Contractor's
Bond: The committee or officer referred to in this section shall,
upon letting or awarding any contract, as hereinbefore provided, fix
the amount of bond or undertaking to be given by the contractor conditioned
for the faithful performance of the contract, which shall be executed
by at least two sureties, to be approved by such official or committee
and the Mayor.
G. Preparation
of Contract; Execution:
1. Upon
receiving a statement of the awarding or letting of any contract,
it shall be the duty of the City Attorney to prepare a contract and
bond in accordance with such statement.
2. All contracts
herein provided for shall be executed on the part of the City, by
being signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk, and together,
with the accompanying bonds, shall be filed with the City Clerk.
(R.O. 1947 §§ 239-246; amd. Ord. 544 § 1; Ord. 747 § 1; Ord. 830 § 1)
A. Maintenance:
The City Treasurer shall maintain an Airport Improvement Fund, and
all monies deposited therein shall be budgeted and spent by the City
Council for airport maintenance and improvement purposes only.
B. Aircraft
Fuel Assessment: All persons selling or dispensing aircraft fuel at
the City airport shall levy and collect an assessment of four cents
($0.04) per gallon on each gallon of aircraft fuel sold or dispensed
at the City airport. All money so received shall be collected monthly
by the City Treasurer and deposited in the Airport Improvement Fund.
(Ord. 710 §§ 1, 2; amd. Ord. 949 § 1)
All warrants lawfully drawn upon the City Treasurer and not
paid upon presentment for want of funds and properly endorsed by the
City Treasurer with the date of such presentation shall bear simple
interest at the rate of 6% per annum from the date of such presentation
until such warrant is called for payment according to law.
(Ord. 820 § 1)
On all bonds issued by the City pursuant to the authority granted
to the City by Montana Code Annotated Section 90-5-102, there shall
be paid to the City by the lessee of the project or the borrower of
the funds, the sum of $2.50 per $1,000 face value of said bonds. Such
sums paid to the City shall be for the purpose of defraying administrative
expense of the City in connection with the authorization, sale and
issuance of said bonds for the project and shall be considered a cost
of the project.
(Ord. 1000 § 1)