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AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF REED CRUSHED STONE COAIPAiITY,
INC. FOR SALE TO THE CITY OF PADUCAH OF ;�9 AND rll LII--iESTONE, P,-1TUCKY
STATE HIGHWAY SPECIFICATIONS, FOR USE BY THE CITY DURING 1956, AND
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT
FOR THE PURCHASE OF SAI -1E, AND PRESCRIBING THE TER4S AND CONDITIONS
UNDER I'1HICH SAID PURCHASES SHALL BE MADE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMIISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTIO: 1. That the bid of Reed Crushed Stone Company, Inc.
for the sale to the City of Paducah of ir9 and 'Al Limestone, Kentucky
State Highway Specifications, required by the City during the year 1956
(approximately 5000 to 8000 tons) be accepted, and that the City
Manager be, and he ishereby, authorized to enter into and execute
a contract for the purchase, upon the order of the City, of all such
�r9 and 71111 limestone to be used during the year 1956, such contract
to provide for theprice of ;;2.00 per ton,. The timestone to be
delivered to any destination in the city limits of the city as ordered
by the Director of Public ':Torks in oen hundred tor_ lots or more and
delivery to begin within twenty-four hours after notification and
continue until the required amount has been delivered. All weights
of delivered limestone must be certified at some accurate scale at
or near the City of Paducah at the expense of the Seller. The Seller
shall furnish representative samples of the limestone at the request
of the Director of Public Works. The Seller shall guarantee against
advance in the market price and guarantee reduction in the event of a
decrease in the market price. The Seller shall post a performance
bond in the sum of X1,500.00 guaranteeing specifications and delivery.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be introduced at a regular
meeting of the Board of Commissioners and remain on file for at least
one (1) week for public inspection in the completed form in which it
shall be put upon its final passage, but it being necessary for the
public health and safety of the City of Paducah that said material
be available as soon as possible for street repair work, 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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Mayor
Introduced by the Board of Commissioners May 22, 1956
Passed by the Board of Commissioners June 12, 1956
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, June 12, 1956.