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AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF THE DICK X-RAY COi•IPANY IN THE
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X.IOUNT OF ;j29, 200.00 FOR SALE AND INSTALLATION IN RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL
OF X-RAY EQUIPI.IENT, PROVIDING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF AND
AUTHORIZING I?AYOR ROBERT C. CHERRY TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT ON BEHALF
OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH
TIHCREAS, pursuant to a Resolution calling for bids for certain
x-ray equipment the City Nanager advertised therefor and received bids
from The Dick X -Ray Company, General Electric X -Ray Corporation and
Picker X -Ray Corporation which have been received and filed; and
5WEREAS, the Riverside Hospital Commission recommends acceptance
of the bid of the Dick X -Ray Company because that bid in the amount of
Y031,200.00 is the lowest and best bid of the bids which meet the re-
quired specifications; and
T/HEREAS, mid Dick X -Ray Company has also indicated that it will,
in addition, decrease its bid by an additional :,'2000.00 making the cost
to the City of Paducah ;,j29,200.00 and since said Company is considered the
lowest and best bidder of the original three bidders and it is believed
to the best interest to accept their bid and also their offer to further
reduce the amount thereof by an additional ;52000.00;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF C0I111ISSIONERS OF
THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY.
SECTION 1. That the bid of the Dick X -Ray Company of St. Louis,
Missouri to the amount of .,31,200.00 for furnishing and installing
certain x-ray equipment in Riverside Hospital in Paducah be accepted,
provided said company deducts an additional `,9000 from their bid as
promised by them, so that the cost of said equipment installed shall be
$29,200.00; that said equipment shall be the equipmentspectfied in
adtd Company's bid of February 1,3, 1953 and shall meet the x-ray equip-
ment specifications which was the basis of said 'bid.
SECTI011 2. That Mayor Robert C. Cherry is hereby authorized
and directed for the City of Paducah, to contract with said company for
said equipment; that the contract shall incorporate all the terms and
conditions of said bid and the specifications on which bids for said
equipment was based; and such other terms and conditions as the
Corporation Counsel may believe to be the best interest of the City;
that the contract price shall be 1129,200.00 and the City of Paducah
shall not be obligated until said contract has been duly executed.
SECTION 3. The cost of said equipment shall be assessed to the
Riverside Hospital Building Fund and payable therefrom upon completion
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of said installation.
S3CTI0W 4. This ordinance shall be introduced at a regular
meeting of the Board of Commissioners and remain on ,file for public
inspection for at least one(l) week in its completed .form in which it
shall be pant upon its final passage, but because of the urgent need
of said equipment to aid in completion of the Hospital Addition and the
health and welfare requiring immediate commencement of said work, an
emergency is hereby declared and this ordinance shall be in ,full force
and effect from and after its adoption.
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Introduced by the Board of Commissioners ;•larch 3, 1953
Passed by the Board of Commissioners _larch 10, 1953
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, Cite Clerk, larch 10, 1953