777 RES COP ADVERTISED FOR BIDS•
RiSCLUTION IVQ. 1-Z 7.
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WHEREAS; the City of Paris has heretofore advertiaed for bids For
the laying or a twenty-rour inch (2411) water line from 3rd Street, N. E.
to the new elevated storage tank located on 25th Street, N. E., kno%m as
Project No. 803-1-58; and,
WHEREAS, tha City Council did, on -the 20th day of January, A. D.,
1958, receive bids, some several in number, for the laying of said line,
as required in the plans and specificaticns of the Ena,ineering Firm of
Forrest and Cotton; and,
~iJHEREAS, said bids were, on January 20, 1958, referred to the
Engineering Firm of Forrest and Cotton for its tabulation, inspection,
and recorunendation; and,
UVI-IEREAS, the Engineering rirm oi rorrest and Cotton did, on January
23$ 1958) by letter of said date, adtTise the City Council of the City of
?,aris tnat the lowest and best bidder tivas the Elm Fork Construction Company,
Inc., ef Dallas, Texas; and,
VJHEREAS, the rngineering Firm of Forrest and Cotton has iurnished
to the City Council oi the City of ?aris adequate assurance that the bidder
is solvent and capa'le of performing such contract; 10.11, THEREFURE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL Cr THE CI7Y CF PARIS, That the
bid o= the Elm rork Construction Company, Inc., being in the corrected
a;,lount oF $133,779.30, be, and the same is hereby declared to be the
lowest and best bid, and the City Llanager of the City of Faris, Albert K.
Steinheimer, is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a contract
with the Elm `r'ork Construction Company, Inc. in accordance with the plans
and specirications for said project, upon peing furnished ivith the proper
;erformance bond and the proper insurance policies covering such job.
nassed and adopted this 27th day of January, A. D., 1958.
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ATTiST -
-~City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORP.9: City Attorney.
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