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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 12, Page 5, No Ordinance NumberAN ORDINANCE AUr(HORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT INITI RUSSELL, AXON AND ASSOCIATES, CONSULTING ENGINEERS, FOR A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY AND REPORT ON THE PADUCAH FLOODYNALL, AND PROVIDING THAT SAID ENGINEERS :SILL REPRESENT THE CITf OF PADUCAH IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH AGENCIES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CORRECT DEFICIENCIES IN SAID FLOODWALL, AND APPROPRIATING y1,800 TO BE PAID SAID ENGINEERS FOR SUCH SERVICES 17HEREAS, the City Engineer has reported that a number of deficiencies in the Paducah floodwall should be corrected before the city assumes the floodwall for maintenance and operation; and WHEREAS, it is desirable to employ the services of independent engineers in order to secure information from an unbiased source and to give the City of Paducah the most effective representation possible in negotiations with agencies of the Federal government; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COM1,1I33IONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCIff: SECTION 1. That Russell, Axon and Associates, Engineers and Consultants of St. Louis, Missouri, be employed by the City of Paducah to make a com- prehensive study and report on the Paducah floodwall, together with recommendations of improvements to said floodwall, and to represent the city in negotiations with agencies of the Federal government to correct deficiencies in said floodwall, and the Mayor and the City Clerk are hereby authorized, for and on behalf of the City of Paducah, to enter into a contract of employment with the said Russell, Axon and Associates, said contract to be in words and figures as follows, to -wit: "TRIS CONTRACT, made and executed in duplicate this day of 1950, by and between the City of Paducah, DKentucky, a municipal corporation, hereinafter called the "CITIV , and Russell, Axon and Associates, a partnership of St. Louis, Missouri, hereinafter referred to as the "ENGINEERS". "'rlITNESSETi, that in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows: ",The CITY hereby employs ;the ENGINEERS to perform all engineering services in connection with a comprehensive study and preparation of a report on the existing flood protective works at the City of Paducah, together with recommendations of improvements to said protective works. "The ENGINEERS agree to furnish and perform the variops professional services required for the preparation of the above named report as follows: (a) The ENGINEERS agree to prepare a comprehensive study of the existing protective works in re- lation to the existing and forecastable future conditions. G (b) To prepare and submit plats and drawings necessary for the explanation of the report. (c) Dake a report of the recommended changes to the: existing protective works as deemed necessary 'to reduce damages and operating costs within the City's budget. (d) Present the report as a whole to the CITY upon completion and discussion of same with the City Officials. (e) Complete report and recommendations on or before May 30, 1950. "The CITY agrees to pay the EIIGINEERS as compensation for the pro- fessional services outlined above a LUPIP SUIT FEE of X1800.00, which fee will be due and payable upon presentation of the report, "The City further agrees to pay the ENGINEERS for any additional conferences with City Officials, or with any party designated by the City, including agencies of the Federal government when so designated, the fee of 5)50.00 per day and actual traveling e;,p enses. Said'fee to be paid to the principal of the INGINEERS. If any assistant engineers are needed at said conferences the compensation for said additional assistant engineers will be on the basis of ;.25.00 per day and ac tua 1 expenses. "THIS CONTRACT made and entered into this day of 19 CITY OF PADUCAH, MaCRACKEN COUNTY, KY. ATTEST: BY rayor City Clerk (SEAL) ENGINEERS: WITNESSES TO RUSSELL, AXON & ANSOCIATLaS, SIGYATU^ES OF ENGINEERS By By Address A dress-" SECTION 2. That the sum of ;;1,800 is hereby aepropriatb d for payment of the fee which will become due and payable to the said Russell, Axon and Associates upon completion of the aforesaid report, but this is an interim appropriation pending adoption of the 1950-51 appropriation ordinance and said sum of •1,800 shall be included in and shall not be in addition to the amount appropriated to Account 6467 by said appropriation ordinance when adopted. SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be introduced at a regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners and shall remain on file for public inspection one 7 week in the completed form in which it shall be put upon its final passage, Since the public health, safety and welfare of the City of Paducah requires that this contract be executed as soon as possible, an emergency is hereby declared and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption. vm al I �F�M Introduced by the board of+ Commissioners, January 10, 1950 Passed by the Board of Commissioners, January 17, 1950 Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, January 17, 1950.