Ord 1560 5/28/1951 ORDINANCE NO. 156o
ORDINANCE AWARDING AMID APPROVING CONTRACT WITH
STUCKEY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR THE BAKING AND
CONSTRUCTING OF CERTAIN STREET IMPROVEMENTS ON
A PORTION OF ALMA STREET AND PORTIONS OF SUNDRY
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OTHER STREETS, AVENUES, ALLEY AND PUBLIC PLACES
IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, RATIFYING
AND CONFIRMING ITS EXECUTION, TAKING AN APPROPRIATION
FOR THE INDEBTEDNESS TO BE INCURRED BY THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS UNDER SAID CONTRACT, AdTD
DECLARING AN Ei=IERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita
Falls, Texas, has heretofore ordered that a portion of Alma
Street and portions of sundry other streets, avenues, alley and
public places in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas be improved;
and,
WHEREAS, competitive bids for the making and constructing .
of said improvements were duly advertised for in the manner and
for the length of time and in the form required and provided
for by the City Charter and the law in force and effect in the
City of Wichita Falls, Texas; and,
WHEREAS, bids were duly received, were fully tabulated,
canvassed and considered and the bid of Stuckey Construction
Company, Contractors in the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, was
found to be the lowest and most advantageous and was accepted
by the City of Wichita Falls, Texas; and,
WHEREAS, contract was duly drawn and presented to the
City of Wichita Falls, Texas and was, on the 27th day of April,
1951, duly executed by the City Manager of the City of Wichita
Falls, Texas and attested by the City Clerk with the corporate
seal of the City affixed thereon, as well as by Stuckey Con-
struction Company; and,
WHEREAS, said contract, among other things, fully
describes the improvements to be constructed and the portions
of streets avenues alley and;. , , y public places on which said
improvements are to be constructed and said contract has been
fully examined and found to be in all matters and things correct
and proper; THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDER"LIEN OF TIC
CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
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The contract for the making and construction of the
street improvements described therein on those portions of
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streets, avenues, alley and public places therein enumerated and
designated as Units Dios. 25 to 59 inclusive, be, and is '_Hereby,
adopted and approved.
II.
The work of making and constructing such improvements
and the contract therefor is hereby awarded to Stuckey Con-
struction Company.
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The execution of said contract by the City Manager of
the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, as well as the attestation
by the City Clerk is hereby authorized, ratified and confirmed
and said contract is hereby adopted as the contract for the
construction of the street improvements described therein by
and between Stuckey Construction Company and the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas.
IV.
To provide for the payment of the indebtedness to be
incurred by the City of Wichita Falls, Texas by virtue of the
contract hereinabove mentioned there be, and is hereby,
appropriated and set aside out of current revenues and available
funds for said purpose, an amount sufficient to pay said
indebtedness so to be incurred.
V.
The present condition of said portions of streets,
avenues, alley and public places to be improved endangers health
and safety and the improvement of same constitutes an urgent
public need for the preservation of peace, health and safety
of property and it is necessary that said improvements be con-
structed while the weather will permit and the construction of
said improvements is being delayed pending the taking effect
of this ordinance, and such fact constitutes and creates an
emergency and an urgent public necessity requiring that the
rules providing for ordinances to be read more than one time or
eft more than one meeting or that the ordinance shall not go into
effect until thirty (30) days after its passage, be suspended
and that this ordinance be passed as and take effect as an
emergency measure, and such rules are accordingly suspended
and this ordinance is passed as and shall take effect and be
in force as an emergency measure and shall be in force and
effect immediately from and after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED This 28th day of May, A. D. , 1951.
CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS
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BY
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City Clerk
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney.
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THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF WICHITA
On this, the 28th day of May, A. D. , 1951, the
Board of Aldermen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, in the
above mentioned County, convened in regular session, in the
regular meeting place in said City, tine following members
thereof, to wit:
Harold Jones , Mayor
R. P. Willis , Alderman
Lloyd Thomas , Alderman
J. R. Ray , Alderman
J. Paul Montrom= , Alderman
Alderman
J. B. Him ran , City Clerk
Frank Wood , City Manager
J. Walter Frih .rg , City Attorney
being present and passed the following ordinance:
ORDINANCE AWARDING AND APPROVING CONTRACT WITH STUCKEY
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR THE MAKING AND CONSTRUCTING OF CERTAIN
STREET IMPROVEMENTS ON A PORTION OF ALMA STREET AND PORTIONS
OF SUNDRY OTHER STREETS, AVENUES, ALLEY AND PUBLIC PLACES IN
THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, RATIFYING AND CONFIR ?ING ITS
EXECUTION, MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE INDEBTEDNES TO BE
INCURRED BY THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS Lr'IDER SAID CONTRACT
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Alderman Ray moved that the
ordinance be placed on its first reading; seconded by Alderman
Thomas and carried by the following vote:
AYES: Aldermen Willis, Thomas, Ray and Nontgnmn=
NAYES: None.
CARRIED: Ordinance placed on first reading.
Alderman Thomas moved that
the ordinance pass first reading; seconded by Alderman
Willis and carried by the following vote:
AYES: Aldermen Willis,, Thomas, Ray and 14ontgomerY
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NAYES: None.
CARRIED: Ordinance passed first reading.
Alderman Willis moved that the
rules be suspended and that the ordinance be placed on second
reading; seconded by Alderman _ I-Iontpmsiery and
carried by the following vote:
AYES: Aldermen Willis, Thomas, Ray and I ont c)�
NAYES: None.
CARRIED: Ordinance placed on second reading.
Alderman Thomas moved that
the ordinance pass second reading; seconded by Alderman
Willis and carried by the following vote:
AYES: Aldermen Willi so Thomas. Ray and Hon gnnt-3 y
NAYES: None.
CARRIED: Ordinance passed second reading.
Alderman Willis moved that the
rules be suspended and that the ordinance be placed on third
and final reading; seconded by Alderman Ray
and carried by the following vote:
AYES: Aldermen Willis Thomas, R2y and Montgomery
NAYES: None.
CARRIED: Ordinance placed on third reading.
Alderman Ray moved that the
ordinance pass third and final reading and be finally adopted;
seconded by Alderman Thomas and carried
by the following vote:
AYES: Aldermen Willis's Thomas, P, and NInr.+,Zn� ma 4r
NAYES: None.
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CARRIED: Ordinance passed third and final reading.
The mayor then declared the Ordinance finally passed.
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The Ordinance follows:
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