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' (4) CONFERENCE WITH ATTORNEY. MCC's attorney, who performed the legal research, <br />will travel to the Municipality for a conference with the Municipality's attorney and other interested <br />officials. The following will occur at the conference: <br />a) Issues. Issues discussed will include all inconsistencies and conflicts discovered during <br />research, as well as obsolete provisions. <br />b) Solutions. Recommendations will be made regarding solutions to the issues discussed. <br />c) Implementation. Agreed upon solutions will be implemented with the help of MCC's <br />attorney. The Municipality's attorney has ultimate decision making authority for <br />solutions and implementation. <br />d) Sample ordinances. MCC has an extensive collection of Sample Ordinances. <br />Recommendations will be made regarding new legislation on specific subjects where <br />there is an obvious need. To facilitate this, the Municipality should request <br />recommendations on subjects of specific concern. This service can be continued <br />through the Supplement Service; please see Sample Ordinance Service under Part Two <br />of this proposal. <br />e) Organization. Organizational suggestions will be reviewed with the Municipality <br />providing comments and suggestions. <br />(5) CONFERENCE MEMORANDUM. Following the conference, MCC's attorney will draft <br />and submit a memorandum outlining the substantive changes, solutions and implementations agreed <br />upon. This memorandum is extremely useful; upon receipt of the proofs it is recommended the proofs be <br />reviewed in conjunction with the conference memorandum. <br />(6) EDITORIAL WORK. The manuscript will be prepared to include: <br />a) Proper phraseology. Concise, modern and proper phraseology, without conflicts, <br />ambiguities and repetitious provisions. <br />b) Chapter arrangement. Each chapter of the new Code shall embrace all ordinances of <br />the same subject matter. Within the chapter itself, the ordinances shall be arranged in <br />an orderly and logical fashion, to include articles and divisions as necessary. Chapters <br />and sections will be reserved for future expansion. Title arrangement is also available <br />and will be discussed at the conference. <br />c) Table of contents. This table will list the chapters, articles and divisions of the Code, <br />giving the page number upon which each begins. <br />d) Chapter analysis. Each chapter of the new Code will be preceded by a detailed analysis <br />listing the articles, divisions, and sections contained therein. <br />e) Catchlines. Each section will be preceded by a catchline, which shall reflect the <br />content of the section. <br />2 <br />