HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 11, Page 23, No Ordinance NumberAN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO
I CONTRACTS WITH THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY AND THE IIID CONTINENT
PETROLEUTA CORPORATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF' GASOLINE AND OIL
REQUIRED IN GOVERNEEN TAL OPERATIONS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTU
FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR MONTHS EEGIITNING FEBRUARY 1, 1947, AND PRO-
VIDING THAT PURrHASES SHALL BE MADE UPON Ti:E TERNS AND CONDITIONS
SET FORTH IN THE BIDS SUBMITTED BY SAID COI,?PANIES, AND UPON SUCH
OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE CITY LIANAGER
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF CO,'Z'iI:ISIOjTMS O`r' TiIL CITY OF
PADUCA I, KENTUCKY:
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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 Standard Cil Company for the purchase of Crown Extra gasoline
at 18.3 cents per gallon, less one and one-half cents per gallon
federal tax by the acceptance of a federal tax exemption certificat ;
also a contract with Standard Oil Company for the purchase of Kyso
Diesel Lube H.D. motor oil (Detergent) at fifty cents per gallon,
exclusive of federal tax, in drum lots; and also a contract with
the Mid Continent Petroleum Corporation for first €rade motor oil
of the Diamond brand at thirty-nine cents per gallon, delivered in
fifty-five gallon drums; said Sasoline and oil to be purchased upon
the order of the City of Paducah for use in governmental operations
for a period of four months be --inning February 1, 1947, and upon the
terms and conditions set forth in the written bid of each company
received and filed by the Board of Commissioners on January 28, 194 1 7,
said terms and conditions as set forth in said bids being referred
to and made part of this ordinance to the same extent as if fully
copied herein.
SEC TION `AVO
The contracts under which said gasoline and oil will be
purchased shall fully provide that in the event of a decline in the
retail price of said products at any time during said period, the
City shall be given the benefit of the reduction in price, and the
City Yanager shall include in said contract such additional terms
and conditions as may be necessary to protect the interests of the
City of Paducah.
SECTION THREE
As the various departments of the city must be immediately
supplied with gasoline and oil for the protection of the public
health, safety and welfare, an emergency is hereby declared to
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exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its adoption.
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Introduced January 28th, 1947
Passed by the Board of Commissioners February 4, 1947
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk February 4, 1947.