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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT
WITH FAIRWAY EQUIPMENT COMPANY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE VAN GALEN DRAINAGE SYSTEM;
APPROPRIATING $350,000 OUT OF THE NO. 295 STORM
SEWER BOND FUND, OF WHICH $329,360.91 IS FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND $20,639.09 IS FOR ADDI-
TIONAL ENGINEERING, INCIDENTAL AND RELATED EXPENSES
APPLICABLE TO PROJECT NO. 295-77-4, VAN GALEN DITCH
EXTENSION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
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SECTION 1. That the City Manager be authorized to execute a con-
tract with Fairway Equipment Company for construction of improvements to the
Van Galen Drainage System, all as more fully set forth in the plans and speci-
fications and contract documents on file in the office of the City Secretary,
all of which are made a part hereof by reference and according to the bid of
Fairway Equipment Company, opened on the 16th day of January, 1980, said bid
being the lowest and most advantageous to the City of Corpus Christi, Texas.
SECTION 2. That there is hereby appropriated the sum of $350,000
out of the No. 295 Storm Sewer Bond Fund, of which $329,360.91 is for the con-
struction contract and $20,639.09 is for additional engineering, incidental and
related expenses applicable to Project No. 295-77-4, Van Galen Ditch Extension.
SECTION 3. That the necessity to execute the aforesaid contract and
to appropriate the sums hereinabove set out so that the improvements to the
Van Galen Drainage System may be made at the earliest practicable date 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 but 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, and having requested the suspension of
the 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 I5 ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the 30 day of January, 1980.
ATTEST:
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City Secretar
APPROVED: DAY OF JANUARY, 1980:
J. BRUCE AY CK, CITY ATTORNEY
TH ' ITY OF CORPUS, MI. TEXAS
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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
CERTIFICATION OF FONDS
(City Charter Article 1Y Section 21)
January 30. 1980
I certify to the City Council that $ 350.000 , the amount required
for the contract, agreement, obligation or expenditures contemplated in the
above and foregoing ordinance is in the Treasury of the City of Corpus Christi
to the credit of:
Fund No. and Name No. 295 Storm Sewer Bond Fund
Project No. 295-77-4
Project Name Van Galen Ditch Extension
from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not appropriated for
any other purpose.
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Di ctor of Fi
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Corpus Christi,
30 day of
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
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, 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.
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The Charter rule was
Luther Jones
Edward L. Sample
Dr. Jack Best
David Diaz
Jack K. Dumphy
Betty N. Turner
Cliff Zarsky
The above ordinance was
Luther Jones
Edward L. Sample
Dr. Jack Best
David Diaz
Jack K. Dumphy
Betty N. Turner
Cliff Zarsky
Respectfully,
MAYOR
THE CITY .F CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
suspended
by the
following
vote:
following vote:
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