HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 14, Page 31, No Ordinance NumberAN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF REED CRUSHED STONE COMPANY,
INC. FOR SALE TO THE CITY OF PADUCAH OF #7, #8, #9 AND #11, LIMESTONE,
KENTUCKY STATE HIGHWAY SPECIFICATIONS, FOR USE BY THE CITY DURING
1959, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AND EXECUTE
A CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF SAME, AND PRESCRIBING THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH SAID PURCHASES SHALL BE MADE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF C004ISSIOI1IERS OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, IENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That the bid of Reed Crushed Stone Company, Inc.
for the sale to the City of Paducah of #7, #$, //9 and #11 Limestone,
Kentucky State Highway Specifications, required by the City during
the year 1959 (approximately 2500 to 4000 tons) be accepted, and
that the City Manager be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter into
and execute a contract for the purchase, upon the order of the City,
of all such #7, #g, #9 and #11 limestone to be used during the year,
1959, such contract to provide for the price of ti?'2.15 per ton. The
limestone to be delivered to any destination in the city limits of
the city as ordered, by collect telephone call, by the Director of
Public Works in one hundred ton lots or more and delivery to begin
within twenty-four hours after notification and continue until the
required amount has been delivered. All weights of delivered lime-
stone must be certified at some accurate scale at or near the City of
Paducah at the expense of the Seller. The Seller shall furnish
representative samples of the limestone at the request of the Director
of Public Works. The Seller shall guarantee against advance in the
market price and guarantee reduction in the event of a decrease in
the market price. The Seller shall post a performance bond in the
sum of 01,500.00 guaranteeing specifications and delivery.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be introduced at"a regular
meeting of the Board of Commissioners and remain onfile for at least
one week for public inspection in the completed form in which it
shall be put upon its final passage, and if adopted shall be in full
force and effect ten (10) days thereafter.
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Introduced by the Board of Commissioners March 10, 1959
Passed by the Board of Commissioners, March 17, 1959
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, March 17, 1959.