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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03133 ORD - 09/11/19519110151 (5) AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $97,460.00 ($88,600, AS CONTRACT PRICE AND 10% THEREOF, $8,860, AS ENGINEERING AND CONTINGENCIES) TO BE PAID CUT OF NO. 297 Itfl�ROVEMENT BONDS 1951 CONSTHUC- TION FUND (STREET IMPROVEMENTS)AS CONSIDERATION FOR IM- PFU EVENTS TO AND RESURFACING OF STREETS IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS AREA OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER FOR AiD ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH J. M. DELLINGER, INC., FOR CONSTRUCTION CF SAID IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH CONTRACT DOCU- VENTS ARE MADE A PART HEREOF BY REFERENCE; AND DECLAR- ING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, Certain improvements have been determined to be necessary, and WHEREAS, There are sufficient fund available andunappro- priated in No. 297 Improvement Bonds 1951 Construction Fund (Street Improvements) from which appropriation for such project may be made; and WHEREAS, Bids have been received, considered, and an award made for the lowest and most advantageous bid to the City of Corpus Christi, and it is now necessary to make such appropriation and enter into a contract in accordance with said award; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That there is hereby appropriated out of No. 297 Improvement Bonds 1951 Construction Fund (Street Improvements) the sum of $97,460.00, out of which there is to be paid in accordance with the terms of the contract described in Section 2 hereof the'sum of $88,600 as contract price and the sum of $8,8609 equivalent to ten per cent of said contract price, to cover the cost of contingencies and engineering. SECTION 2. That the City Manager be and he is hereby author- ized and directed to execute for and on behalf of the City a contract for the improvement and resurfacing of streets in the central business area of the City of Corpus Christi with J. M. Dellinger, Inc., which contract has been awarded said J. M. Dellinger, Inc. in accordance with the plans and specifications and contract documents on file in the office of the City Secretary, made a part hereof by reference, 3133 and according to the bid of said J: M. Dellingers incos opened on the 4th day of Septemberx 19519 said bid being the lowest and most advantageous bid to the City. SECTION 3- That the necessity for providing for the main- tenance of our City streets to protect the safety, health and gen- eral welfare of the Public creates a public emergency and an impera- tive necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter iu]e 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, de- claring such emergency and public necessity to exist, having re- quested the suspension of said 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 PASSED AND APPROVED, This the ay of Septembers A.D. 1951. 7 MAYOR A ST: CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,TEXAS City Secretary APPROVED AS TO I GAL FORM: rney orpus Christi, Texas TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas Gentlemens 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, MAYOR - -- City of Corpus Christi, Texas The Charter rule was suspended by the following votes Leslie Wasserman Jack DeForrest Barney Cott Sydney E. Herndon George L. Lawman The above ordinance was passed by the following votes Leslie Ydasserman Jack tleForrest Barney Cott Sydney E. Herndon George L. Lowman '3133 September 10, 1951 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 No. 297 Improvement Bonds 1951 Construction Fund (Street Improvements) Fund from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not appropriated for any other purpose. Director of Finance L*