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Home My WebLink AboutORD 73-70ORDINANCE NO. 73-70 ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Beaumont, Texas, has heretofore found and determined that it was necessary and desirable for said City to con- struct public works for said City, to -wit; the construction of improvements to the City's sanitary sewer system, said improvements to be accomplished through awarding contracts II, IIIA through Ill -I, inclusive, all as set forth in the contract documents prepared by Schaumburg & Polk, Inc., consulting engineers ("Engineers"), Beaumont, Texas, dated July, 1973, revised October, 1973; and, WHEREAS, said Council has heretofore advertised for bids on said con- tracts and gave notice of the time, place, when and where such contracts would be let, such notice having been published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper as defined in Article 28a, V.T.C.S., of general circulation in the City of Beaumont, the date of the first publication having been fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for the receipt of bids, and said notice speci- fied that plans and specifications for the work to be done were on file with the City Clerk at the City Hall where they could be examined without charge; and, WHEREAS, bids were received by said Council on November 20, 1973, and referred to bids to said Engineers for tabulation and recommendations; and, WHEREAS, the Engineers have tabulated all bids relating to the forego- ing contracts as follows: CONTRACTOR BIDS CONTRACT 11 Holloway Sand & Gravel Company $ 1,175,705,00 Joe C. Norman Equipment Company $ 1,275,640.00 CONTRACT 111-A Bayshore Constructors, Inc. Holloway Sand & Gravel Company $ 890,860.00 $ 752,800.00 CONTRACT III -G Bayshore Constructors, Inc. $ 7,:3 -"7 0 Holloway • Company .� -0- -7-7.' Paul N. Howard Company Paul N, Howard Company $ 710,861.00 Trotti & Thomson 111-H $ 1,195,130.00 CONTRACT III -B Constructors, Inc. $ Bayshore Constructors, Inc. $ 1,247,000.00 Holloway Sand & Gravel Company $ 895,446.00 Trott! & Thomson $ 1,175,000.00 Mar -Len, Inc. $ 1,174,400.00 CONTRACT III -C Bayshore Constructors, Inc. $ 2,802,680.00 Holloway Sand & Gravel Company $2:2,628,526.00 Paul N. Howard Company $ 2,560,528.00 CONTRACT III -D Bayshore Constructors, Inc. $ 1,750,450.00 Holloway Sand & Gravel Company $ 1,259,260.00 Paul N. Howard Company $ 1,446,775.00 CONTRACT III -E Bayshore Constructors, Inc. $ 251,536.00 Holloway Sand & Gravel Company $ 326,808.00 Paul N. Howard Company $ 359,172.00 Joe C. Norman Equipment Company $ 278,976.00 CONTRACT III -F Bayshore Constructors, Inc. $ 1,043,560.00 Holloway Sand & Gravel Company $ 959,056.00 Paul N. Howard Company $ 899,110.00 CONTRACT III -G Bayshore Constructors, Inc. $ 1,729,945.00 Holloway Sand & Gravel Company $ 1,502,813.00 Paul N, Howard Company $ 1,735,268,00 CONTRACT 111-H Bayshore Constructors, Inc. $ 588,505.00 Holloway Sand & Gravel Company $ 501,495.00 -2- -73 Paul N. Howard Company $ 591,696.00 CONTRACT III -1 Bayshore Constructors, Inc. $ 670,550.00 Holloway Sand & Gravel Company $ 567,970.00 and, WHEREAS, the Engineers have recommended the City award construction con- tracts to the following as the best and lowest bids submitted for each contract: CONTRACTOR BIDS CONTRACT II Holloway Sand & Gravel Company, Inc, 88% of $1,175,705.00 $ 1,034,620 CONTRACT III -A Holloway Sand & Gravel Company, Inc. 88% of $752,800 $ 662,464 CONTRACT III -B Holloway Sand & Gravel Company, Inc, 88% of $8951-,-.446 $ 787,992 CONTRACT III -C Holloway Sand & Gravel Company, Inc. 88% of $2,628,526 $ 2,313,103 CONTRACT 111-D Holloway Sand & Gravel Company, Ince 88% of $1,259,260 $ 1,108,149 CONTRACT III -E Holloway Sand & Gravel Company, Inc, 88% of $326,808 $ 287,591 CONTRACT III -F Holloway Sand & Gravel Company, Inc. 88% of $959,056 $ 843,970 CONTRACT III -G Holloway Sand & Gravel Company, Inc, 88% of $1,502,813 $ 1,322,475 CONTRACT III -H Holloway Sand & Gravel Company, Inc. 88% of $501,495 $ 441,316 -3- • CONTRACT III -1 Holloway Sand & Gravel Company, Inc. 88% of $567,970 Total All Contracts $10,569,879 X 0.88 and, f� ® 0 -a;7 3 $ 499,814 $ 9,301.494 WHEREAS, the contract documents permitted the bidders to tie their bids for the purpose of offering a discount if awarded all contracts; and, WHEREAS, Holloway Sand & Gravel Company, Inc., offered to deduct twelve (12%) per cent from all unit prices if awarded all contracts; and, WHEREAS, the City Council hereby affirmatively finds and determines as follows: With the twelve (12%) per cent reduction offered by Holloway Sand & Gravel Company, Inc., it is the lowest responsible bidder over-all and each of its bids in all ways meets the specification set forth in the notice to bidders, and the acceptance of all of its bids is in the best interest of the City; and, WHEREAS, the total cost of the sanitary sewer project (the "Project"), designated as Federal Water Pollution Control Administration Project No. WPC- TEX-975, Contracts II and III (A through 1), is now estimated to be as follows: CONSTRUCTION $ 9,301,494 Engineering, Contingencies, Legal, Fiscal, and Administrative Expenses $ 1,609,787 TOTAL $ 10,911,281 and, WHEREAS, the City Council has the following funds available to pay the costs of the sewer project: Proceeds from bonds to be sold $ 1,000,000 Federal Grant Moneys $ 7,208,857 Other Available Funds $ 608,974 TOTAL $ 8,817,831 and, -4- . • ® G1 X2'7 -Z q 73 WHEREAS, the City Council deems it essential to the public health and welfare of the present and future inhabitants of the City of Beaumont and hereby declares that there is an urgent public necessity for the Project to be completed, so that the City will be assured of proper sanitary sewer service; and, WHEREAS, Article 2368a.1, Section 7(8), V.T.C.S., authorizes the City to issue certificates of obligation to cover the deficiency in any public works project where an advertisement for bids has been previously published for the Project but the available current funds or bond funds are not adequate to permit the awarding of the contract; and, WHEREAS, the City desires to issue and sell for cash not to exceed $2,093,450 certificates of obligation to cover the deficiency in needed funds to carry out and complete the Project, said amount not being in excess of twenty- five (25%) per cent of the amount of those funds committed to the project at the time the advertisement for bids was published; and, WHEREAS, said Article 2368a.1 requires that the City Council give notice of its intention to issue such certificates; therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: Section I. That the facts and recitations contained in the preamble of this ordinance are hereby found and declared to be true and correct, Section 2. 'That the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be published in the manner required by law a notice of intention to issue certificates of obligation in substantially the following form: NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Beaumont, Texas, will meet in the City Hall, Beaumont, Texas, at ten (10:00) o'clock A.M. on December 18, 1973, to adopt an' -ordinance authorizing the issuance of said City's certificates of obligation, payable from ad valorem taxation, in the maximum amount of $2,093,450, bearing interest at a rate notin excess of that prescribed by Article 717k-2, V.T.C.S,, as amended, and maturing over a period of years.not to exceed forty C401 years from the date thereof, Said certificates are to be issued for the purpose of evidencing the indebtedness of said City 0.02 for paying a part of the cost of constructing public works for said City, to - wit: the construction of improvements to the City's sanitary sewer system. WITNESS MY HAND AND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY, this 27th day of November, 1973. CITY CLERK CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS Section 3, That the notice set forth in Section 2 shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Beaumont, Texas, the date of the first publication to be not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date tentatively set out in said notice for the passage of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the certificates . mentioned in said notice. Section 4, That the Mayor, City Clerk and other officers of the City are hereby authorized and directed to do any and all things necessary and de- sirable to carry out the provisions of this ordinance. PASSED AND APPROVED this 27th day of November, 1973, MA OR _ C TY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS ATTEST: �. CIT CLERK CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS -6-