HomeMy WebLinkAbout03304 ORD - 08/12/1952AN ORDINANCE O
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER 2
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH J. M. DELLINGER, INC.
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PERMANENT PAVING ON AYERS
STREET FROM THE NORTHEAST PROPERTY LINE OF BALDWIN
BOULEVARD TO THE SOUTHWEST LINE OF NORTON STREET,
ALONG WITH STORM SEWERS, CURBS AND APPURTENANT STRUC-
TURPS, A COPY OF WHICH CONTRACT IS MADE A PART HERE-
OF BY REFERENCE; APPROPRIATING $91,452.35 FROM NO.
297 IMPROVEMENT BONDS 1951 CONSTRUCTION FUND (STREET
IMPROVEMENTS) TO BE PAID IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH CON-
TRACT TERMS, $77,044.06 OF WHICH SUM IS THE DIRECT
COST OF SUCH PROJECT TO THE CITY AND $14,408.29 (BE-
ING EQUIVALENT TO TEN PERCENT OF THE CONTRACT PRICE
OF $144,082.92) OF WHICH SUM IS TO COVER THE COST OF
ENGINEERING AND CONTINGENCIES; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE, AND HE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND
DIRECTED FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT
WITH J. M. DELLINGER, INC. FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PERMANENT PAVING ON AYERS
STREET FROM THE NORTHEAST PROPERTY LINE OF BALDWIN BOULEVARD TO THE SOUTHWEST
-PROPERTY LINE OF, NORTON STREET, ALONG WITH STORM SEWERS, CURBS AND APPURTENANT
STRUCTURES, A COPY OF -SAID CONTRACT BEING ON FILE IN THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE
CITY IN THE CITY SECRETARYIS OFFICE, REFERENCE TO WHICH IS HEREBY MADE FOR ALL
INTENTS AND PURPOSES.
SECTION 2. THAT THERE IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED $91,452.35 FROM ND. 297
IMPROVEMENT BONDS 1951 CONSTRUCTION FUND (STREET IMPROVEMENTS), TO BE PAID IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ,^,UCH CONTRACT TERMS, $77,044.06 OF WHICH AMOUNT IS TO BE PAID
AS THE DIRECT COST OF SUCH PROJECT TO THE CITY, AND $14, 408.29 IS TO COVER THE
ENGINEERING AND CONTINGENCY COSTS OF SAID PROJECT.
SECTION 3. THAT THE NECESSITY FOR PROVIDING ADEQUATE STREETS IN THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AND IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND GENERAL WELFARE
OF ITS CITIZENS, CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY
REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION
SHALL BE JASSED 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, HAVING DECLARED SUCH PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST,
HAVING REQUESTED 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 M ORDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED this/'"' day of ' A. D.,
1952•
MAYOR
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
i TTEST:
i y Secretary
APPROVED AS TO IEG& FORM:
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City Attorney
Corpus Christi, Texas
TO TE;E MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
k 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 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,
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 vote:
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Leslie Wasserman
Leslie Wasserman
Jack DeForrest
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George L. Lowman
Sydney E. Herndon
George L. Lowman
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Frank E. Williamson
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Leslie Wasserman
Jack DeForrest
Sydney E. Herndon
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George L. Lowman
Frank E. Williamson
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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
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