Ord. 0091 1964-07-18AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING BIDS AND AWARDING CONTRACTS FOR !f - a-'
FURNISHING LABOR AND MATERIALS FOR CONSTRUCTING PERMAN-
ENT WATERWORKS SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE CITY OF
PEARLAND, TEXAS.
THE STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF BRAZORIA §
The City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas, convened in
Caw-- session at the City Hall within said City on the
day of June, 1964, with the following members present, to -wit:
E. T. Gibbons
Gene Sanders
John Kegley
Mayor
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Alderman
Alderman
Z'om Q.� 1x e- 'man
Victor Nolen Alderman
W. A. McClellan City Secretary
and the following member(s) absent, to-wit:ut
when the following business was transacted:
The Mayor introduced an ordinance which was read in full.
Alderman 7) cw o
adopted as read. Alderman
made a motion that the ordinance be
seconded the motion for
adoption of the ordinance. The motion, carrying with it the adoption
of the ordinance, prevailed by the following vote:
AYES: Aldermen ShukanPs, Sanders, Kegley, Alexander
and Nolen, and Mayor Gibbons.
NOES: None.
The Mayor thereupon announced that the motion had duly and
lawfully carried, and that the ordinance had been duly and lawfully
adopted. The ordinance thus adopted follows:
AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING BIDS AND AWARDING CONTRACTS FOR
FURNISHING LABOR AND MATERIALS FOR CONSTRUCTING PERMAN-
ENT WATERWORKS SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE CITY OF
PEARLAND, TEXAS.
WHEREAS, on the day of June, 1964, the City Council of
the City of Pearland, Texas, adopted an ordinance authorizing the
issuance of $110,000 City of Pearland Waterworks System Time Warrants,
Series 1964, dated June 15, 1964, for the purpose of evidencing the in-
debtedness of the City of Pearland, Texas, for all or any part of the
cost of constructing permanent improvements, additions and extensions
to said City's waterworks system, including personal and professional
services to be rendered in connection therewith and other incidental ex-
penses in connection therewith; and
WHEREAS, by resolution adopted by the City Council of the
City of Pearland, Texas, on May 22, 1964, the City Secretary of said
City was authorized and directed to give notice that sealed bids would
be received by the City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas, until
10:00 o'clock a.m. on the 12th day of June, 1964, for furnishing all
labor, materials, supplies, machinery, equipment, tools, and superin-
tendence for constructing permanent waterworks system improvements for
said City, to -wit:
(1) A water well;
(2) A water storage tank;
(3) A water treatment plant; and
(4) A water distribution system,
and that it was the intention of the City Council of said City to
authorize and issue time warrants in the maximum sum of $150,000, being
the time warrants described above, for the purpose of evidencing the
indebtedness of the City for all or any part of the cost of making
such improvements, additions, and extensions, including said personal
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and professional services and incidental expenses mentioned above; and
WHEREAS, said Notice was given in the manner and for the time
prescribed by law; and
WHEREAS, the City Council convened at the time and place
specified in said notice, to -wit: at 10:00 o'clock a,m, on the 12th
day of June, 1964, at the City of Pearland City Hall, and received
sealed bids pursuant to said notice, for such construction; and
WHEREAS, after opening and considering all bids so received,
the City Council referred the same to the City's Engineers for study,
tabulation and recommendation; and
WHEREAS, said Engineers have studied and tabulated said
bids and have recommended to the City Council of the City of Pearland,
Texas, that it accept the following bids:
(1) For construction of the water well - the bid of Layne
Texas Company, Inc., Houston, Texas, in the amount of
$21,350.00, the lowest and best bid received;
(2) For construction of the water storage tank - the bid of
Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, Houston, Texas, in the
amount of $21,075.00, the lowest and best bid. received;
(3)
For construction of the water treatment plant - the
bid of George C. Cox, Inc,, Houston, Texas, in the amount
of $29,500.00, the lowest and best bid received; and
(4) For construction of the water distribution system - the
bid of Mora Construction Company, Friendswood, Texas, in
the amount of $21,880.02, the lowest and best bid received;
and
WHEREAS, after considering all bids received, the said City
Council has determined, and hereby affirmatively finds and declares,
that the following respective bids, for the purposes and in the
amounts shown, are, respectively, the lowest and best bids received,
and that said bidders are, respectively, the lowest and most responsible
bidders:
(1) For construction of the water well - the bid of Layne
Texas Company, Inc., Houston, Texas, in the amount of
$21,350.00;
(2) For construction of the water storage tank - the bid of
Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, Houston, Texas, in the
amount of $21,075.00;
(3)
For construction of the water treatment plant - the
bid of George C. Cox, Inc., Houston, Texas, in the amount
of $29,500.00; and
(4) For construction of the water distribution system - the
bid of Mora Construction Company, Friendswood, Texas, in the
amount of $21,880.02;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas,
further affirmatively finds that the subject matter of said bids in
all ways meet the specifications relating to such construction; and
WHEREAS, said City Council wishes to accept said bids and
award contracts to said bidders; and
WHEREAS, No petition of any kind whatsoever has been filed
with or presented to the City Council or any officer or official of
the City requesting a referendum on the question of issuing bonds
for such construction, and no written or other protest relating to
the acceptance of said bids or the letting of the contracts or the
issuance of said time warrants has been filed with or received by
the City Council or any officer or official of the City, and it is
hereby affirmatively found and declared that the City Council of the
City of Pearland, Texas, is authorized to accept said bids and award
said contracts to said bidders; therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS:
Section 1.
That the bids described in the preamble to this ordinance, to -
wit:
(a). The .bid ..of Layne Texas Company, Inc., Houston, Texas,
in the amount of $21,350,00 for the construction of the
waterwell,
(b) The bid of Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, Houston,
Texas, in the amount of $21,075.00 for the construction of
the water storage tank,
(c) The bid of George C. Qox, Inc., Houston, Texas, in the
amount of $29,500.00 for the construction of the water
treatment plant, and
(d) The bid of Mora Construction Company, Friendswood,
Texas, in the amount of $21,880.02 for the construction of
the water distribution system,`
are hereby found to be the lowest and best bids, and said bidders are
hereby found and declared to be the lowest responsible bidders;, and
the contracts for the construction of the respective improvements,
additions and extensions to said City's waterworks system, covered by
the said respective bids, are hereby awarded to said respective bidders.
Section 2.
That the contracts awarded. by Section 1 of this ordinance
are hereby authorized, approved, ratified and confirmed.
Section 3.
That all or any part of the total contract prices shall be
paid by the issuance of an appropriate amount of City of Pearland
Waterworks System Time Warrants, Series 1964, dated June 15, 1964,
the issuance of which Time Warrants has heretofore been authorized
by ordinance adopted by the City Council of the City of Pearland,
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Texas, on the 4 f day
y of June, 1964; provided, however, that
none of said Time Warrants shall be issued and delivered until fur-
ther ordinances authorizing and directing such issuance and delivery
have hereafter been passed and approved by the City Council of the
City of Pearland. y/-
PASSED AND APPROVED this /li day of June, 1964.
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Mayor, ity of Pearland, Texas
ATTEST:
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City Secr tary,
City of Pearland, Texas
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