The city clerk shall place copies of all bids on file for public inspection, and shall publish notice of the availability of this file for inspection once within a week after opening the bids.
The council shall set a public hearing on the bids received not sooner than fifteen (15) days or later than sixty (60) days after opening of the bids. The council may set other public hearings as it deems in the public interest.
At the appointed time the council shall proceed to hear and consider all bidders and any other interested person. Following the hearing the council may grant a franchise in conformity with the terms of any bid or such modification thereof as the council shall deem to be in the public interest, or the council may reject all bids and readvertise for bids. (Ord. 2000-017 § 2(j) (Exh. A))