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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR
CONSTRUCTING A GRAVITY SEWER CROSSING UNDER THE RAILROAD TRACKS AT HELEN
STREET AND UNDER THE RAILROAD TRACK AT ST. LOUIS AVENUE AND UNDER THE
CAIRO ROAD AT HELEN STREET IN THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That the City Manager be, and he is hereby, authorized
and directed to advertise for bids for constructing a gravity sewer
crossing under the railroad tracks at Helen Street and under the railroad
track at St. Louis Avenue and under the Cairo Road at Helen Street in the
City of Paducah, Kentucky, and said work to be done on the following terms,
conditions and stipulations:
The work contemplated shall include all labor, excavation, tamped
backfill and boring by dry bore methods, materials, equipment, trans-
portation, services and incidental items, including casing, iron pipe
and fittings, necessary to construct the gravity sewer crossing under the
railroad tracks at Helen Street, and under the railroad track at St. Louis
Avenue, and under the Cairo Road at Helen Street as shown on the plans
or as directed by the Engineer. Installation methods shall fully meet
the requirements of the Kentucky State Department of Highways and the
Illinois Central Railroad.
Persons desiring to submit bids shall do so on the basis of furnish-
ing all labor and materials to complete the installation of the casing
and cast iton pipe. All work to be performed under the direction of
the City of Paducah Engineering Department. Such work shall be paid
for upon certification of the completion thereof and when approved by
the City Engineer.
The successful bidder shall execute a performance bond in the amount
of the estimated cost of the work to insure the proper performance and
completion of said work, and in addition thereto will be required to
keep in full force and effect liability insurance protecting the city
from any claim from persons or property of persons in the following
amounts: $100,000 for personal injury or death to any one person;
$300,000 for personal injury or death to more than one person resulting
from the same accident, and $10,000 for property damage in any one
accident.
SECTION 2. The City Manager shall advertise for bids by a notice
posted at the City Hall door and by inserting notice of the request for
bids in the Paducah Sun -Democrat to be published as required by law.
All bids shall be sealed and no bid shall be received after the hour
fixed in the notice for the opening of same. All bids received by the
City Manager up to the time fixed for the opening of bids shall be
filed with the Board of Commissioners who may let a contract to the
lowest and best bidder, and the Board of Commissioners shall reserve the
right to reject any and all bids and the City shall not become legally
obligated to have such services performed until the adoption of an
ordinance authorizing the execution of a contract for same.
SECTION 3. This resolution shall be in full force and effect from
and after its adoption.
Mayor
Passed by the Board of Commissioners February 24, 1970
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, February 24, 1970.
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