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AN ORDINANCE
R_991VING AND ACCI;PTIlVG THE WORK CONSTRUCTION
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OF UTILITIES BUILDING SOUTH OF CITY HALL IN TEE
CITY OF CORPTIS dBIOTI, NU,ECES COUNTY, .TE[AS,
FEEFOR]a D BY BRAS MTON CONSTRUCTION MPAN
UNDER CONTRACT DATED S>�t�tER 1,
AUTHORIZED BY ORDINANCE NO. 38623. i-I
FAMM OF FINAL ESTMATE, A QO,
A`I�TEM HERETO AND MADE A PAIN
MAY 4, 1955, IN THE I�UNT _OF__4R2, .. OUT
OF FUNDS BERk°IOFORE APPROPRIATED ON ANCE
OF A TOTAL DUE (ON CONTRACT IN THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT
OF $165,834.00) OF $ 172,838.003 AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS. CHRISTI,
SECTION 1. That the work of construction of Utilities Building
south of the City Hall in the City of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, performed
by Braselton Construction Company under their contract with the City, having been
performed and completed in accordance with the terms and provisions of the contract
and the plans and specifications therein contained, said contract having been entered
into on the 1st day of September, 1954, as authorized by Ordinance No. 3862, and the
Director of Public Works having inspected the same and certified to the completion of
said work in accordance with said plans and specifications, and said work aforesaid is
hereby found to have been completed in accordance with the plans and specifications and
is here now accepted and received by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas.
SECTION 2. That final payment of $22,444.85 out of fluids hereto-
fore appropriated, due on the contract (fin the original amount of $165,834.00), of
$172,838.00, as set out in the final estimate attached hereto and made a part hereof,
prepared by the Director of Public Works, dated May 4, 1955, to be paid from. No. 298
Waterworks Bond Construction Fund, 1953 Bond Issue, in accordance with the appropriation
ordinances.
SECTION 3• That the necessity for completion of such project by
said acceptance and final payment creates a public emergency and an imperative public
necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule providing.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 emergency and necessity exist, requesting that such Charter
rate 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, This the day of May, A. D. 1955•
MAYOR
THE CI 0 4 CHRISTI, TEXAS
ATTEST:
City gecretark
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
Va.M. L
City Attorney
May 16, 1955
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. 202 City of Corpus Christi
Waterworks System Construction Fund
Fund from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not
appropriated for any other purpose. �) I
G� /v3
Director of Finance
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
i'ts � I , 1955
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
GENILEMENo
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,
CJ_A.'t_% ...
MAYOR t.
THE CITY OF ORPUSCHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE.
FARRELL Do SMITH _C 1
MINOR CULLI /
W. J. ROBERTS
B. E. BIGLER
MANUEL P. MALDONADO
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE; +`
FARRELL D. SMITH �, \
MINOR CULLI I
W. J. ROBERTS
B. E. BIGLER //JJ
MANUEL P. MALDONADO [�(� l