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A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR THE
PURCHASE OF UP TO 250 ADDITIONAL PARKING METERS; PRESCRIBING THE TERNS AND
CONDITIONS OF THE CONTRACT WHICH THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER ;JILL BE REQUIRED TO
IEXECUTE; PROVIDING FOR THE EXECUTION OF A PERFORMANCE BOND BY THE SUCCESSFUL
BIDDER AND PRESCRIBING THE MANNER IN WHICH SAID BIDS SHALL BE SUBMITTED.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COI•�''ISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH,
KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That the City Manager be, and he is hereby authorized and
empowered to advertise for bids for the purchase of up to 250 additional parking
meters to be installed in the business district and on the streets and in the
blocks to be hereafter designated by the Board of Commissioners. Bidders
shall submit in writing their offers stating the purchase price and terms of
payment for each meter which shall be so operated as to permit legal parking
for a period of twelbe (12) minutes for each I¢ deposited, one (1) hour for
each 5¢ deposted, and each meter shall be so constructed as to allow a total
legal parking time of two (2) hours.
SECTION 2. Each bidder shall state in his bid that he is willing to
execute and deliver to the City of Paducah a bond in the penal sum of ;1,000
for delivery of the meters not later than June 4, 1952, provided the contract
is let by the Board o.f Commissioners not later than Karch 15, 1952, said bond
to be in substance satisfactory to the City P•':anager and in the form which will
be approved by the attorney for the city.
SECTION 3. The City 14anager shall advertise for the purchase of said
meters by posting up a notice at the City Hall door and by inserting a notice
of the request for bids in at least one (1) issue of the Sun Democrat. The
notice shall be posted and published for at least seven (7) days prior to the
opening of bids and the bids shall not be opened within ten (10) days from the
date on which this resolution is adopted. No bidsshall be received atter the
hour fixed in the notice for the opening of bids. All bids received by the
City Manager up to the time fixed in the notice for the opening of bids shall
be filed with the Board of Commissioners who may let the contract to the lowest
and 'best bidder. Bidders may appear before the Board of Commissioners at
8:00 P.N. on the first Tuesday evening following the opening of the bids to
demonstrate their meters. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved and
the City of Paducah shall not become legally obligated to purchase said meters
until the adoption of an ordinance authorizing the execution of a contract.
SECTION 4. This Resolution shall be in full forc from and after its adoption.
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Passed by the Board of Commissioners February 5, 1952
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, February 5, 1952.