HomeMy WebLinkAbout02952 ORD - 12/19/1950AN ORDINg1 GE
APPROPRIATING $581,123.95 TO COVES? THE COST OF
CONSTRUC TICN
OF MAGE TREATMENT PLANT ADDITIONS
AT THE OSO AND BROADWAY PLANTS FROM NO. 299 IM- -
PROVF� S }45O.CONS CT l FUND (SANITARY SHAER
IMPROVEMENTS); AUTHORIZING AND DIRE ITT `=
MANAGER FM—,MD ON BEHALF OF TffE. CITY TO EXECUTE
A CONTRACT WITH HELDENFEL BROTHERS, A PARTNERSHIP,
FOR THE CONSTRUC IONS TO EXISTING
IMPROVEMENTS, SUCH CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, PLANS, AND
SPECIFICATIONS BEING MADE A PART HEREOF BY REFERr-
ENCES;.AND.DECLAR NG AN.EMERGENCY.
YMR&S, Certain improvements have been determined to be
necessary; and
WHEREAS, Bids have been received, considered, and an
award made for the most advantageous bid to the City of Corpus
Christi, Texas; and
WHEREAS, It is now necessary to make appropriation out
of the proper fund for the cost of such improvements and to enter
into a contract for said improvements::
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
T'EM CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That there is hereby appropriated out of
Fund No, 299 Improvement Bonds 1950 Construction Fund (Sanitary
Sewer Improvements) the sum of $581,123.95, out of which amount
there is to be paid according to the terms of the contract descri,&
ed in Section 2 hereof the sum of $528,294.50 as contract price,
and the balance of said appropriation, $52,829.45, being equivalent
to ten per cent of said contract price, is appropriated for the
payment of engineering and contingent costs of said project,
SECTION 2. That the City Manager is hereby authorized
and directed to execute for and on behalf of the City of Corpus
Christi a contract for Construction of Sewage Treatment Plant
Additions at the Oso and Broadway Plants with Heldenfels Brothers,
a partnership, which contract has been awarded said Heldenfels
- - - - -- ro ers- ill-accordance with planst specifications and contract
documents on file in the office of the City Secretary, all in-
corporated herein and made a part hereof by reference, and accord-
ing to the bid of said Heldenfels Brothers, opened on the 5th day
NO
of December, A.D. 1950, the'said bid of Heldenfela Brothers being
the lowest and most advantageous to the City of Corpus Christi,
SECTION 9, That the necessity for execution of said
contract immediately in order that said improvements may be comet»
enced and in order to increase the capacity of said plants by the
enlargement of the Oso Plant and construction of additions to the
Broadway Plant, such improvements being urgently needed, 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 meet-
ings of the City Council, and the Mayor, having declared such
emergency and necessity to exist, requesting that said 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 ORDAIN•
ed,
PASSED AND APPROVED, December, 1950,
MAIOR
The City of Corpus Christi, Texas
T T:
y Secretary
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FOIN:
UIZY Attorney
Corpus Christi., Texas
!la _!_�F 1954
TO THE NMERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen-
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
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 ordinance finally on the date it is
introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully,
A+fMR
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule vas suspended by the following votes
Leslie Wasserman
Jack DeForrest
Barney Cott
Sydney Ea Herndon
George Lo Lowman �, F
The above ordinance was passed by the following -vote;
Leslie Viasserman "B
Tack DeForrest
Barney Lott
Sydney E. Herndon
George La Lowman
�9�a
December 13, 1950
I certify to the City Council that the money required
for the contract, agreement, obligation, or expenditure contemplated
in the above and foregoing Ordinance is in the Treasury of the City
of Corpus Christi to the credit of Nos 299 Improvement Bonds 3950 Construction
Fund (Sanitary Sewer Improvements)
Fund from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not
appropriated for any other purpose.
Director of