HomeMy WebLinkAbout14829 ORD - 03/07/1979AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF TWO 35 -FOOT AIR-CONDITIONED
DIESEL BUSES FROM CMC TRUCK AND COACH, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL
BY THE URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION, AS PRO-
VIDED IN THE 1976 UMTA CAPITAL GRANT PROJECT NO. TX -05-0014
FOR $205,886.00; APPROPRIATING OUT OF THE NO. 218 TRANSIT
BOND FUND FOR PROJECT NO. 218-72-3 TRANSIT SYSTEM CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS (1976), AN AMOUNT OF $205,886.00 FOR THE SAID
PURCHASE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That authorization is hereby given, subject to approval
by the Urban Mass Transportation Administration, for the purchase of two 35 -foot
air-conditioned diesel buses from GMC Truck and Coach for $205,886.00 as pro-
vided for in the 1976 UMTA Capital Grant Project No. TX -05-0014.
SECTION 2. That there is hereby appropriated out of the No. 218
Transit Bond Fund for Project No. 218-72-3, Transit System Capital Imprdvements
(1976), the amount of $205,886.00 for the purchase of said buses.
SECTION 3. The necessity to execute the contract and to provide
the necessary funds for the purchase of said buses 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 but 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, 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 force and effect from and after
its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the 7 day of March, 1979.
ATTEST:
Ci y Secret
MAYOR
THE
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J. BRUCE AYCOCK CITY A ORNEY
BY
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
CERTIFICATION OF FUNIS
(City Charter Article IV Section 21)
March 6, 1979
I certify to the City Council that $ 205,886 , 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 Transit Bond Fund
Project No. 218-72-3
Project Name Transit System
Capital Improvements (1976)
from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not appropriated for
any other purpose. •
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Revised 7/31/69
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Corpus Christi, 1114.1s
7 day of J , 19 79
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance,
a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspension 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 ordinance
finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City
Council.
Respectfully,
Amir
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CO— — w RISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by tie following vote:
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
Bob Gulley Or,
David Diaz 401
Ruth Gill
Joe Holt
Tony Juarez, Jr.
Edward L. Sample
The above ordinance was passed by
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
Bob Gulley
David Diaz
Ruth Gill
Joe Holt •
Tony Juarez, Jr.
Edward L. Sample
e following vote:
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