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. PROPOSAL for CODIFICATION SERVICES for the CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA Pursuant to the city's request, Ster/ing Codifiers, Inc, herewith submits its proposal for codification services on this the 12th of April, 2005. I. Materials Furnished by City. The city will provide Sterling with a copy of its present code and all ordinances passed since the last update to that document. It is understood that your code totals 262 pages and is available in a compatible Word format. Although there are numerous ordinances to add, most are very short in context. Future ordinances will be forwarded to Sterling as adopted by the city. • II. Initial Services. A. Communication Between the City and Sterling. Sterling will provide for an open dialogue between its staff and the city to discuss procedures and to familiarize the city with the scope of services under this contract. B. Suggested Organization. The first step in the project contemplated under this proposal will be to list out all the provisions of the present code and determine an organization that best fits the needs of the city. The organization will look to easy readability and searching by the reader, and to ease of addition of future legislation. The city will review the suggested table of contents and indicate any changes it desires in a timely manner. Sterling will not proceed with the project until the proposed table of contents has been approved by both the city and Sterling. C. Research and Legal Review. Sterling will review and analyze the legislation, checking for: • Provisions that are conflicting, duplicated, inconsistent or obsolete; • Vague language; • Comparison with current state statutes and pertinent other state and federal law. All statute references contained in the city's legislation will be corrected to current citations; • All areas of the legislation that could pose a possible problem to the city; • Recommendations as to areas where new legislation is needed • Sterling Proposal -Page 1 3']