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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH
MID-CONTINENT PETROLEUM CORPORATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF GASOLINE REQUIRED
IN GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR MONTHS BEGINNING JANUARY 16,
1952, AND PROVIDING THAT PURCHASES SHALL BE MADE UPON THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
SET FORTH THEREIN
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH,
KENTUCKY:
SECTION 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, minimum research
octane $4, at a price not to exceed 20.7 cents per gallon; also Ethyl gasoline,
minimum research octane 90, at a price not to exceed 22.2 cents per gallon,
exclusive of Federal excise tax, on condition that said Mid -Continent Petroleum
Corporation remit to the city the sum of .3 cents per gallon on any purchase of
either 84 or 90 octane gasoline; said gasoline to be purchased upon the order
of the City of Paducah for use in governmental operations for a period of four
months beginning January 16, 1952, and upon the terms and conditions set forth
in the written bids of said company received and filed by the Board of Commis-
sioners on January 8, 1952, 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 will be purchased shall
fully provide that in the event of a decline in the retail price of said pro-
duct at any time during said period, the city shall be given the benefit of
market reduction in prices and the City Manager shall include in said contract
such additional 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 be put upon its final passage. As the
various departments of the city must be immediately supplied with gasoline 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.
Introduced by the Board of Commissioners January H, 1952
Passed by the Board of Commissioners January 15, 1952
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, January 15.; 1952•