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AMENDED
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR TFIE ACCEPTANCE OF THE BID OF CARDINAL C014PANY
OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY FOR LEASE WITH OPTION TO PURCFIASE TO THE CITY OF
PADUCAH OF TWENTY DEMFSTER DUMPSTER TYPE CONTAINERS; PRESCRIBING THE TERhIS
AND CONDITIONS UNDER WITCH SAID BID IS ACCEPTED AND SAID EQUIPMENT SHALL BE
PURCHASED; AND AUTHORIZING THE NAYOR FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH
TO CONTRACT FOR THE LEASE WITH OPTION TO PURCHASE SAAIE
BE, IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COR7,11SSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH
Section 1. That the bid of Cardinal Company of Louisville, Kentucky for
sale to the City of Paducah of Dempster Dumpster containers for use in the
City of Paducah be and the same is hereby accepted upon the following conditions:
a. There shall be purchased twenty of such containers of the type specified
in the bid of said Cardinal Company dated December 9, 1952, the type to be
determined by the City Manager of Paducah, Kentucky, said City 1•Ianager to deter-
mine the type in accordance with the needs of said city in the operation of
its refuse collection service.
b. The maximum amount to be paid for the said twenty containers shall
be „10,000.00.
c. Said containers shall be purchased upon a lease arrangement with an
option to purchase said arrangement to provide for a down payment of $4, 000,00
on the purchase price of said equipment and to provide that the City shall pay
the balance of said purchase price in equal monthly installments commencing on
February 1, 1953 and like installments being due and payable on the Ist day
of each succeeding month thereafter; that upon the payment of all of said
monthly installments as herein provided said purchase price shall be considered
paid in full and said equipment shall become the sole property of the City
of Paducah;
d. It shall be understood that the City shall not be obligated to pay any
installment and in the event the Board of Commissioners should declare that said
installment should not be paid then this agreement shall become null and void
and the City of Paducah shall return said equipment to said seller and all
payments theretofore made shall be retained by said seller.
e. It is further agreed that during the time the City of Paducah is in
possession of said equipment under the contract containing the above terms
and conditions that the City of Paducah will be liable for all damage or
injury caused to said equipment, ordinary war and tear excepted.
Section 2. That Robert C. Cherry, the Alayor, is hereby authorized to enter
into a contract providing for a lease with option, to purchase the equipment
specified and on such other terms and conditions as the City Manager and the
Corporation Counsel may require for the protection of the City of Paducah, and
the City shall in no way become obligated under this ordinance until a contract
has been entered into.
The amount herein to be expended shall be charged to Account 6591
of the City of Paducah under the revised annual apportionment ordinance for
the year 1952.
This ordinance shall be introduced at a regular meeting of
the Board of Commissioners and shall remain on file one week for public
inspection in the completed form in which it shall be put upon its final
passage. As the City of Paducah presentl y has no system or facilities for
the collection of garbage and it is imperative that the necessary equipment
be immediately provided in order to preserve and Protect the public health,
safety and welfare of its citizens, an emergency is hereby declared to exist
AND TF_TIS ORDIl.AVCE SIiF= BE IN rP= FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AMD AFTER ITS
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Introduced by the Board of Commissioners, December 16, 1952
Passed by the Board of Commissioners, December 23, 1952
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, December 23, 1952.