HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 12, Page 148, No Ordinance NumberAIV ORDINANCE AU lHORIZING 9HE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH
STANDARD IL COMPANY POR THE PURCHASE OF GASOLINE REQUIRED 11T COVER ILTL-ITAL
OPERATIONS FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR MONTHS BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 16, 1950, AND PROV
THAT PURCHASES SHALL BE MADE UPON THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH THEREIN
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CI TY OF PADUCAH,
KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That the City i`ianager be and he is hereby authorized for and
on behalf of the City of Paducah, to enter into a contract with the Standard Oil
Company for the purchase of regular gasoline, minimum research octane 85, at a
price not to exceed 21.2 per gallon; also Ethyl gasoline, minimum research
octane 91, at a price not to exceed 22.7/ per gallon, exclusive of any Federal
excise tax; 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
September 16, 1950, and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the written
bids of said company received and filed b;,the Board of Commissioners on
September 12, 1950, 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
product at any time during said period, the'city shall be given the benefit of
market reduction in prices and the City I;:anager 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 Commission rs 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.
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Introduced by the Board of Commissioners Septem 12, 1950
Passed by the Board of Commissioners September 26, 1950
Recorded by aarah Thurman, City Clerk, September 26, 1950.