HomeMy WebLinkAbout15383 ORD - 02/27/1980AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH
A & G UTILITY COMPANY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE VARIOUS
WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS, PHASE 3; APPROPRIATING $535,000
OUT OF THE NO. 141 WATER OPERATING FUND, UNAPPROPRIATED
FUND BALANCE, OF WHICH $489,438.25 IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
CONTRACT, $8,610 IS FOR CHANGE ORDER NO. 1, $25,000 IS FOR
ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING TO BE PERFORMED BY CITY FORCES AND
$11,951.75 IS FOR CONTINGENCIES, INCIDENTAL AND RELATED
EXPENSES; 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_authorized to execute a contract
with A & G Utility Company for construction of the Various Water System Improve—
ments, Phase 3, all as is more fully described in the plans and specifications
and contract documents an. file in the office of the City_Secretary, all of
which are made a part hereof by'reference and.according to the bid of A & G
Utility Company, opened on the 13th day of.February, 1980, the said bid being
the lowest and most.advantageous to the City of Corpus Christi.
SECTION 2. That there is hereby -appropriated $535,000 out of the
No. 141 Water Operating Fund, Unappropriated Fund Balance, of which $489,438.25
is for the construction contract,:$8,610 is for Change Order No. 1, $25,000
is for additional engineering to be performed by City forces and $11,951.75
is for contingencies, incidental and related expenses.
SECTION 3. The necessity to execute the aforesaid contract and to
appropriate the sums hereinabove set out. at the earliest practicable date so
that construction may commence, 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
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and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, IT IS
ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the o? 7 day of February, 1980.
ATTEST:
C' y Secretary
APPROVED: 27 DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1980:
J. BRUCE.AY000K, CITY ATTORNEY
By
Assistant Cit
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THE OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV Section 21)
February 25, 1980
I certify to the City Council that $ 535,000 , the anouat 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. 141 Water Fund
Project No. Unappropriated Fund Balance
Project Name Various Water System Improvements, Phase 3
from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not appropriated for
any other purpose.
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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.
The Charter rule was
Luther Jones
Edward L. Sample
Dr. Jack Best
David Diaz
Jack K. Dumphy
Betty N. Turner
Cliff Zarsky
Respectfully,
suspended
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
by the following vote:
The above ordinance was passe by the following vote:
Luther Jones
Edward L. Sample
Dr. Jack Best
David Diaz
Jack K. Dumphy
Betty N. Turner
Cliff Zarsky
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