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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH
HELDENFELS BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR CONSTRUCTION
OF VAN GALEN DRAINAGE AREA IMPROVEMENTS; APPROPRIATING
OUT OF NO. 295 STORM SEWER BOND FUND $355,000, OF WHICH
$331,701.50 IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, $7,981.34
IS FOR ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING FEES, AND $15,317.16 IS
FOR CONTINGENCIES AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES, ALL APPLICABLE
TO PROJECT NO. 295- 72 -10; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
SECTION 1. That the City Manager be, and he is hereby, authorized to
execute a contract with Heldenfels Brothers Construction Company, for construction
of Van Galen Drainage Area Improvements, all as is more fully described in the
plans and specifications and contract documents on file in the office of the
City Secretary, all of which are made a part hereof by reference and according
to the bid of Heldenfels Brothers Construction Company, opened March 6, 1974, said
bid of Heldenfels Brothers Construction Company, being the lowest and most
advantageous to the City' of Corpus Christi.
SECTION 2. There is hereby appropriated out of No. 295 Storm Sewer
Bond Fund $355,000 of which $331,701.50 is for the construction contract, $7,981.34
is for additional engineering fees, and $15,317.16 is for contingencies and
incidental expenses, all applicable to Project No. 295- 72 -10.
SECTION 3. The necessity to execute the aforesaid contract and to
appropriate the sums hereinabove set out at the earliest possible date so that
construction may be commenced without delay creates a public emergency and an
imperative public necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule that no
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, and
having requested the suspension of the Charter rule and that this ordinance be
passed finally on the date of its introduction and take effect and be in full
11962
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV Section 21)
March 20, 1974
I certify to the City Council that $ 355,000 , the amount required
for the contract, agreement, obligation or expenditures contemplated in the
above and foregoing ordinance is in the Treasury of the City of Corpus Christi
to the credit of:
Fund No. and Name 295 Storm Sewer Bond Fund
Project No. 295 -72 -7
Project Name
Van Galen Ditch
from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is nab appropriated for
any other purpose.
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Christi, Texas
OtU ay of , 19,�
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing
ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspen-
sion of the Charter rule or requirement that no ordinance or resolution 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; I, therefore,
request that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordi-
nance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the
City Council.
Respectfully,
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales -9
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark