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AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF REED CRUSHED STOKE COMPA1,11Y,
INC. FOR SALE TO THE CITY OF PADUCAH OF If9 AND y"ll LINESTOHE, KENTUCKY
STATE HIGIRIAY SPECIFICATIONS, FOR USE BY THE CITY DURING 1957, AND
AUTHORIZING THE CITY P•IA°'LAGER TO ENTER INTO AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT
FOR THE PURCHASE OF SAI -U;, AND PRESCRIBING THE TERi'TS AND CO-NDITIONS
UNDER WHICH SAID PURCHASES SHALL BE MADE
BE IT ORDAINED BY TIE BOARD OF C01-11ISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, ICENTUCKY:
SECTIOPI 1. That the bid of Reed Crushed Stone Company, Inc.
for the sale to the City of Paducah of r9 and ;=11 Limestone, Kentucky
State Highway Specifications, required by the City during the year 1957
(approximately 5000 to 8000 tons) be accepted, and that the City
Manager, be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter into and execute
a contract for the purchase, upon the order of the City, of all such
'9 and "ll limestone to be used during the year 1957, such contract
to provide for the price of ..p2.00 per ton. The limestone to be
delivered to any destination in the city limits of the city a ordered,
by collect telephone call, by the Director of Public Works in one
hundred ton lots or more and delivery to beEin irithin t,,•renty-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 host a performance bond in the sum of ,1,500.00 _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
No be available as soon as possible for street repair work, an emer„ency
is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its adoption.
Introduced by the Board of Commissioners April 13, 1957
Passed by the Board of Commissioners April 20, 1957
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, April 20, 1957.