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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT IMH MID-CONTINENT
PETROLEUM CORPORATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF GASOLINE' REQUIRED IN COVERMENTAL OPERATIONS
FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR MONTHS BEGINNING MAY 16, 1952, AND PROVIDING THAT PURCHASES SHALL BE
MADE UPON THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SEP FORTH THEREIN
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, IC;NTUCKY;
SECTION 1. That the City Manager be and he is hereby authorized, for on behalf
of the City of Paducah, to enter into a contract with the Mid -Continent Petroleum
Corporation for the purchase of regular gasoline, minimum research octane 84, at a
price not to exceed 20.7 cents per gallon; also Ethyl gasoline, minumum research
octane 90, at a price not to exceed 22.2 cents per gallon, exclusive of Federal excise
tax, on condition that said Mid -Continent Petroleum Corporation remit to the city the
sum of .3 cents per gallon on any purchase of either 84 or 90 octane gasoline; 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 May 16, 1952, and upon the terms and
conditions set forth in the written bids of said company received and filed by the
Board of Commissioners on May 20, 1952, 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 i-rM be purchased shall fully
provide that in the event.of a decline in the retail price of said product at any time
duringsaid period, the city shall be given the benefit of market reduction in prices
and the City Manager shall include in said contract such additional terms and conditions
as may be necessary to protect the interests for the City of Paducah.
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 publish 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 werfare, 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 May 20, 1952
Passed by the Board of Commissioners May 27, 1952
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, May 27, 1952