HomeMy WebLinkAbout02211 ORD - 01/20/1948AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER CF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, TO EXECUTE
A CONTRACT FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, WITH J. DHPUY AND SON FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF PUMPING PLANTS A AND B, GENERAL
CONTRACT, BAYFRONT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND
SETTING UP A SPECIAL FUND TO DISCHARGE THE CITY +S
OBLIGATION UNDER THE TERMS OF AFORESAID CONTRACT
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WfMREAS, pursuant to authority therefor heretofore given by
the order of this Council, due advertisement for bids for building and
installation of machinery and equipment on the bayfront improvement pro-
ject of the City was made in accordance with the requirements of law; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to said advertisements and on December 23,
1947, bids were tendered this Council for the hereinabove mentioned work
to be done on the bayfront project and said bids were at such time pub -
lioly opened and considered; and,
WHEREAS# thereafter on December 30, 1947, this Council, upon
due consideration, accepted the bid or proposal of J. DeRW and Son; and,
WHEREAS, by the terms of said bid said J. DePtV and Son are
to receive the sum of Three Hundred and Six Thousand Seven Hundred and
Sixty ($306,760.00) Dollars for completing the work set out in such pro-
posal; and,
WHEREAS, it is the judgment of this Council that authority should
be given the City Manager to execute a contract for and on behalf of the
City and authority should be given the City Secretary to attest said con-
tract in his official capacity and on behalf of the City; and,
WHEREAS, it is further the judgment of the Council that provision
should be made for payments due under said contract and that said payments
should be made from funds available for this purpose and there are sufficient
funds available for this purpose in Seawall and Breakwater.Construotion Fund
No. 258;
NOR, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXASs
SECTION 1. That the findings and declarations made in the preamble
hereof be and the same are hereby adopted as the findings and judgment of this
Council and as a part of this Ordinance.
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SECTION 2. That the City Manager and the City Secretary are
hereby empowered, ordered and directed to execute a formal contract between
the City of Corpus Christi and J. DePuy and Son for the doing of all the
work and furnishing all necessary superintendence, labor, machinery, equip-
ment, tools, and materials, and to complete all the work as provided by
specifications and plans submitted by the City of Corpus Christi.
SECTION 3. That the sum of $306,760.00 now in hand in the City
Treasury, legally available to pay and discharge the City's obligations
under the aforesaid contract with J. DePuy and Son be and the same is
hereby pledged to said purpose.
The Director of Finance is hereby ordered and directed to set
aside said sum in a special fund to be designated Fund No. 258, J. D®Puy
and Son Contract, and to make payments therefrom for, and only for, dis-
charging the Cityts obligations under the terms of the aforesaid contract
upon vouchers or warrants duly drawn against said special fund.
SECTION 4. The fact that the work and things to be done as set
out in the contract described in this ordinance is essential in order to
provide proper facilities for the protection of the health and general
welfare of the citizens of the City of Corpus Christi creates a public
emergency and public imperative necessity requiring the suspension of the
Charter rule 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 several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor having declared
that such public emergency and imperative necessity exist, and having re-
quested that such Charter rule be suspended, 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.
PASSED AND APPROVED thie,,_� day of January, A. D. 19!48.
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Chr�jqti, Texas
January ' 1948
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen:
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, hereby request that
you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordinanoe
finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of
the City Council.
Respectfully,
XCR
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following votes
Wesley E. Seale
George R. Clark, Jr.
John A. Ferris
R. R. Henry
Joe T. Dawson
The above ordinance was passed by a following votes
Wesley E. Seale
George R. Clark, Jr.
John A. Ferris
R. R. Henry
Joe T. Dawson
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