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AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF REED CRUSHED STONE COMPANY
INC. FOR SALE TO THE CITY OF PADUCAH OF #9 AND #11 LIMESTONE, Kentucky
STATE HIGHWAY SPECIFICATIONS, FOR USE BY THE CITY DURING 1958, AND
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT
FOR THE PURCHASE OF SAME, AND PRESCRIBING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
UNDER WHICH SAID PURCHASES SHALL BE MADE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That the bid of Reed Crushed Stone Company, Inc.
for the sale to the City of Paducah of #9 and #11 Limestone, Kentucky
State Highway Specifications, required by the City during the year 1958
(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 #11 limestone to be used during the year 1958, such contract
to provide for the price of $2.10 per ton. The limestone to be
delivered to any destination in the city limits of the city as ordered,
by collect telephone call, by the Director of Public Works in one
hundred ton 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 iparket 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 $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 publid inspection in the completed form in whidi it
shall be put upon its final passage, and if adopted shall be in full
force and effect ten (10) days thereafter.
Mayor/Pro T`em
U. Winston Gholson, Commissioner
Introduced by the Board of Commissioners March 8, 1958
Passed by the Board of Commissioners March 15, 1958
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, March 15, 1958.