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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A
CONTRACT WITH THE MID-CONMENT PETROLEUM CORPORATION FOR THE
PURCHASE OF GASOLINE AND OIL REQUIRED IN GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR (4) MONTHS BEGINNING MAY 1, 1949, AND
PROVIDING THAT PURCHASES SHALL BE MADE UPON THE TERMS AND CON-
DITIONS SET FORTH THEREIN
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY
OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SEC TION 1. That the City Manager be and he is hereby
authorized, for and on behalf of the City of Paducah, to enter
into a contract with the Mid -Continent Petroleum Corporation
for the purchase of regular gasoline at a price not to exceed
21.q per gallon, including 7¢ per gallon State Tax but
excluding 1.5g per gallon Federal Tax; also Ethyl gasoline
at a price not to exceed 23.18 per gallon, including 7g per
gallon State Tax but excluding 1.5;1 per gallon Federal Tax;
also for the purchase of First Grade Motor Oil (Diamond Brand),
SAE Grades 10-20-30-40-50-60, at 43g per gallon (in 55 Gal. drums)
)exclusive of any Federal excise tax; and also Detergent Motor
Oil (DX Brand), SAE Grades 10-20-30-40-50, at 56g per gallon
(in 55 Gal. drums) exclusive of any Federal excise tax; said
gasoline and oil to be purchased upon the order of the City
of Paducah for use in governmental operations for a period of
four (4) months beginning May 1, 1949, and upon the terms and
conditions set forth in the written bid of said company
received and filed by the Board of Commissioners on April 12,
1!1949, said terms and conditions as set forth in said bid being
referred to and made a part of this ordinance to the same extent
as if fully copied herein.
SECTION 2. The contract under which said gasoline and oil
will be purchased shall fully provide that in the event of a decling
in the retail price of said products at any time during said period)
the City shall be given the benefit of the reduction in price, and
the City Manager shall include in said contract such additional
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terms and conditions as may be necessary to protect the interests
of the City of Paducah.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be introduced at a regular
meeting of the Board of Commissioners and remain on file at least one
week for public inspection in the completed form in which it shall
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be put upon its final passage.
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As the various departments of the City must be immediately
supplied with gasoline and oil for the protection of the public
health, safety and welfare, an emergency is hereby declared to
exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its adoption.
Mayor Prz Tem
Comm ss over
Introduced by the Board of Commissioners April 12, 1949
Passed by the Board of Commissioners, April 19, 1949
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, April 19, 1949.