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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05692 ORD - 03/09/1960h AN ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE CANCELLING $16,801.30 HERETOFORE APPROPRIATED BY ORDINANCE # 5268; CANCELLING $10,571.55 OF FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY ORDINANCE 1 -5424, CANCELLING THE APPROPRIATION OF $252,653.69 FROM THE APPROPRIATION PROVIDED IN ORDINANCE -# 5250; CANCELLING THE APPROPRIA- TION OF $128.50 APPROPRIATED BY ORDINANCE #5157; CAN- CELLING THE APPROPRIATION OF $400.00 APPROPRIATED IN ORDINANCE #5476;AND DIRECTING THAT THE AMOUNT OF APPRO- PRIATION HEREBY CANCELLED IN THE AMOUNT OF $280,555.04 REVERT TO AND BECOME A PART OF THE BRIDGE BOND FUND 230; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, Ordinance x#5268 appropriated $391,752.00 for a construction con- tract to Heldenfels for Grading: South Approach, Savage Lane Line, Joint Yard, Interchange Yard, and Corn Products Road, and $18,248 for contin- gencies; and whereas.Ordinance x#5587 appropriated $67,732.28 for the same project for change order #2; and whereas change orders #1 ($290.70), #3 ($578.00), and 9 ($578.00) are the only charges against the contingency appropriation; and whereas project changes have caused the actual contract to be less than the contract appropriation; and WHEREAS -, Ordinance #5424 appropriated $76,340 for the purchase of.railroad materials; and whereas the City has expended $54,198.33 for railroad mater- ials, $10,685.91 for freight costs and $460.01 for unloading costs, and wher a a contested freight bill in the amount of $424.20 is outstanding agai t this project; and whereas the City has now determined that it does not de ire to exercise its option to purchase more materials under this contra t; and WHERRea The City Council appropriated $796,750 by Ordinance #5250 for the purchas of rights -of -way; and whereas the City has also passed numerous other appropri tion ordinances for the same purpose and the same project; (North and South Approaches, Interchange Yard, Savage Lane Yard, and Corn Products Road), and whereas a balance of $252,653.69 exists in this project appropriation; and WHEREAS, The City Council in Ordinance ¢5157 appropriated $128.50 for the appraisal of the KEYS Radio Tract by Gregory Moore; and whereas the City Council appropriated $400.00 by Ordinance #5476 for the appraisal of the S. A. Uvalde and Gulf Railroad properties by Gregory Moore; and whereas the project plans have since been modified to exclude these two properties; and whereas Mr. Gregory Moore has done no work on these parcels; and 5592 WHEREAS, by the cancellation of said amounts there will be available the total sum of $280,555.04 in the Bridge Bond Fund 230 for other and future use in connection with the Bascule Bridge Relocation Project: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. The contingency appropriation to the extent of the amount of $16,801.30 heretofore appropriated by Ordinance ¢5268 for Project 230- 55 -5.1, Construction Contract, Heldenfels Bros., Contractor, is hereby cancelled. SECTION 2. The appropriation to the extent of the amount of $10,683.91 heretofore appropriated by Ordinance #5424 for project 230- 55 -8.2, Railroad Materials - E. L. Cole, is hereby cancelled. SECTION 3. The appropriation to the extent of the amount of $252,653.69 heretofore appropriated by Ordinance ¢5250 for Project 230 -55 -9, Right -of -Way, in connection with the Bascule Bridge Relo- cation Project, is hereby cancelled. SECTION 4. The appropriation to the extent of $128.50 heretofore appropriated by Ordinance #5157 for Project 230 -55 -9.38, Right -of -Way, — KEYS Tract, is hereby cancelled. SECTION 5. The appropriation to the extent of the amount of $400.00 heretofore appropriated by Ordinance #5476 for Project 230 -55 -9.39, Right -of -Way, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad Tract is hereby cancelled. SECTION 6. The total amount of the items cancelled in Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 is hereby ordered to revert to and be placed in Bridge Bond Fund 230 subject to further appropriation by the Council. SECTION 7. The necessity for the cancellation for unused portions for sums heretofore appropriated so as to make said amounts available for future appropriation creates a public emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter Rule that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date of its introduction and that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor, having declared such emergency and necessity to exist, having requested the suspension of said Charter Rule and that this ordinance be passed finally on the date of its introduction and that this ordinance take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED, this the day of March, 1960. -2- CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS // _L-AY OF 19 Lo TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FORE- GOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLU- TION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL; 1, THEREFORE HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIRE- MENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCEDS OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. RESPECTFULLY OR THE CITY ,ORPUS C ISTI� TEXAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: ELLRoY KING JAMES L. BARNARD MRS. RAY AIRHEART JOSEPH B. DUNN PATRICK J. DUNNE R. A. HUMBLE GABE LOZANO, SR. THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: ELLROY KING JAMES L. BARNARD MRS. RAY AIRHEART JOSEPH S. DUNN PATRICK J. DUNNE R. A. HUMBLE GABE LOZANO, SR.