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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 12, Page 421, No Ordinance Number421 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE HIRING OF G. ANTHONY JOHNSTON AS ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEER IN THE PLANNING AND eONSTRUCTION OF A FIRE STATION BUILDING AT THE NORTH;VES'' CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF 12TH AND BURNETT STREETS IN THE CITY OF PADUCAH; PRE- SCRIBING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF HIS EMPLOYMENT AND AUTHORIZING STUART JOHNSTON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, TO SIGN A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT FOR ANDON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY: SECTION 1. That the City of Paducah employ G. Anthony Johnston to act as Architectural Engineer in the planning and construction of a fire station building on property owned by said city at the northwest corner of the intersection of 12th and Burnett Streets within said city, that the said G. Anthony Johnston as architec- tural engineer shall fully cooperate with the City Manager, Building Inspector, Fire Chief, and such other officers and employees of the city as the City Manager may designate in the planning and construction of said building; that the terms and (conditions of said employment shall be as follows: the architectural engineer shall prepare preliminary sketches and estimates of said building, same to be considered approximations-onlyl he shall prepare general working drawings, specifications and proposal formsl he shall assist the City Manager in advertising for and accepting bids and shall advise the city in the matter of letting contracts; he shall prepare necessary fullsize details and check shop drawings; he shall provide adequate (construction supervision and inspection during the course of construction of said building until said building is accepted by the city and he shall issue certificate of payment to contractors; and said engineer will endeavor to guard the city against defects and deficiencies of the work of contractors but not to guarantee the perfor- mance of their contracts. In consideration of the foregoing professionsl service the Architectural Engineer shall be paid a fee equal to six (60) percent of the total Bost of said building, not including the architectural engineer's fee and payment of said fee shall be as follows: a sum equal to twenty percent (200) of the basic fee J of the reasonable estimateicost, said reasonable estimated cost shall be agreed upon as ;;40,000.00; a sum sufficient to increase the payments on his fee to sixty (60%) percent of the basic rate upon completion of contract drawings and specification said payment to be computed upon the aforesaid reasonable estimated cost, or if bids for the entire construction have been received and accepted, upon the total of such bids. After bids have been accepted for the construction of said building and appurtenances, then the balance of said architectural engineer's fee shall be paid him in proportion to the amount of service rendered, computed upon the actual cost of the construction as contracted for. It shall be agreed also that the cost of con- struction shall not include the cost of furnishing or equipping said fire station building and shall include only such construction as is actually performed upon contracts let in conformity to the plans for constructing said building and drawings thereto. It is also agreed that should construction be abandened after final plans S, 422 and specifications have been completed by the architectural engineer and accepted the Board of Commissioners the Architectural Engineer shall be paid a fee equal to four and one-half percent (410o) of the reasonable cost of said construction work or if bids have been received and accepted then said fee will be based upon the bids as accepted. SECTION 2. Stuart Johnston, the Mayor of the City of Paducah, whose signatu bhall be attested by Sarah Thurman, the City Clerk, is hereby authorized and em- powered for and on behalf of the City of Paducah to subscribe his name to a contrac with G. Anthony Johnston, architectural engineer, said contract to contain the term and conditions of employment and to provide the fees provided in Section 1 herein. SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be introduced at a regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners 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. Because of the great increase in population and in the building of new construction in the City of Paducah following announcement of the construction of an atomic bomb plant on the site of the Kentucky Ordnance Works near the city, the present fire protection Facilities are in need of additional fire stations and fire fighting facilities; the public health and safety requiring that this ordinance be made immediately effective an emergency is declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption. 61fd1ayor Introduced by the Board of Commissioners June 12, 1951 Passed by the Board of Commissioners June 19, 1951 Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, June 19, 1951.