(ii) The municipality shall publicly announce the
time and place of a meeting under subparagraph (i)(B).
(5) In awarding professional services contracts, the
governing body of the municipality:
(i) Shall take into consideration all of the
following:
(A) The proposed fee schedule.
(B) The availability of services.
(C) The input of affected public stakeholders .
(ii) May establish prequalification standards for a
professional services contract if prequalification
standards are reasonably designed to assist the governing
body of the municipality in determining the ability of a
person submitting a proposal to successfully complete a
professional services contract.
(iii) M ay designate one of the third-party agencies
as the enforcement agent for the municipality for general
code enforcement actions not associated with work already
being completed in accordance with a building permit.
(6) A professional services contract between a
municipality and a third-party agency for the administration
and enforcement of this act in effect before the effective
date of this subsection shall be void on or after January 1,
2016, in order to provide competition for pricing and
performance among third-party agencies by the municipalities
that utilize third-party agencies. Nothing in this paragraph
shall be construed to prohibit a third-party agency that
entered into a professional services contract with a
municipality before the effective date of this subsection
from submitting a proposal as provided under this subsection.
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