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or if previously made, to be modified, if necessary, and to be approved and filed with the City Administrator. a. Cost in Excess of Twenty Five Thousand Dollars: If the estimated cost exceeds twenty five thousand dollars ($25,000.00), it shall advertise for bids for the improvement in the newspaper and such other papers and for such length of time as it may deem advisable. b. Cost in Excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars: If the estimated cost exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00), publication shall be made once in the newspaper and at least once in a newspaper or trade paper published in a city of the f,...t elass no less than three (3) weeks before the last day for submission of bids. C. Eligibility for Trade Paper: To be eligible as such a trade paper, a publication shall have all the qualifications of a legal newspaper; except, that instead of the requirement that it shall contain general and local news, such trade paper shall contain building and construction news of interest to contractors in this State, among whom it shall have general circulation. d. Advertisement: The advertisement shall specify the work to be done, shall state the time when the bids will be publicly opened for consideration by the Council, which shall be not less than ten (10) days after the first publication of the advertisement when the estimated cost is less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) and not less than three (3) weeks after such publication in other cases, and shall state that no bids will be considered unless sealed and filed with the City Administrator and accompanied by a cash deposit, cashier's check, bid bond or certified check payable to the City Administrator, for such percentage of the amount of the bid as the Council may specify. In providing for the advertisement for bids, the Council may direct that bids shall be opened publicly by two (2) or more designated officers or agents of the Municipality and tabulated in advance of the meeting at which they are to be considered by the Council. Nothing herein shall prevent the Council from advertising separately for various portions of the work involved in an improvement, or from itself, supplying by such means as may be otherwise authorized by law, all or any part of the materials, supplies or equipment to be used in the improvement or from combining two (2) or more improvements in a single set of plans and specifications or a single contract. ■ 5230660 DTAMU210-54 2