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HomeMy WebLinkAbout16278 ORD - 06/03/1981nh:6-1-81;lst AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH BACKHOE LEASE SERVICE, INC., FOR CONSTRUCTION OF DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN GAINES STREET AND ELDON DRIVE: APPROPRIATING $60,000 OUT OF THE NO. 295 STORM SEWER BOND FUND, OF WHICH AMOUNT $52,920.20 IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND $7,079.80 IS FOR CONTINGENCY EXPENSES, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING, LEGAL ADVERTISING AND LABORATORY TESTING, APPLICABLE TO PROJECT NO. 295-77-10, GAINES STREET - ELDON DRIVE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS: 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 to execute a contract with Backhoe Lease Service, Inc., all as more fully set forth in the plans and specifications 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 Backhoe Lease Service, Inc., opened on the 28th day of May, 1981, said bid being the lowest and most advantageous to the City of Corpus Christi, Texas. SECTION 2. That there is hereby appropriated out of the No. 295 Storm Sewer Bond Fund the sum of $60,000, of which $52,920.20 is for the con- struction contract and $7,079.80 is for contingency expenses, including addi- tional engineering, legal advertising and laboratory testing, applicable to Project No. 295-77-10, Gaines Street-- Eldon Drive Drainage Improvements. SECTION 3. The necessity to execute the aforesaid contract and to appropriate the sums hereinabove set forth so that the improvements may be made without delay creates 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 or Council members, having declared that such emergency and necessity exist, 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 IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the 3 day of June, 1981. ATTEST: ty Secretary MAYO APPROVED:Y OF JUNE, 1981. J. BRUCE-,AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY By / Assistant C'' attorney THE CI Y OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS MICROFILMED 16278 SEP 2 1014 CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS (City Charter Article IV Section 21) May 28, 1981 I certify to the City Council that $60,000.00 , 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. 295-77-10 Project Name Gaines Street - Eldon Drive Drainage Improvements from which it is proposed to be drawn, and such money is not appropriated for any other purpose. , 19Yr/ �irector o Fi FIN 2-55 Revised 7/31/69 F1,ygN^�nFp /4 4Z9 4TTA I 4P,41,e/ Corpus Christi, 3 day of 9y/ 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, but that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three meetings of the City Council; I/we, 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. Respectfully, Council Members Respectfully, MAYOR The City of Corpus Christi, Texas The Charter rule was suspended by he following vote: Luther Jones Betty N. Turner Jack K. Dumphy Bob Gulley Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr. Dr. Charles W. Kennedy Cliff Zarsky The above ordinance was passed Luther Jones Betty N. Turner Jack K. Dumphy Bob Gulley Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr. Dr. Charles W. Kennedy Cliff Zarsky 16278