698 RES CITY COUNCIL ENTERED INTO CONTRACT~
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AESOLUTION N0. 698 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris entered into a
contract with the United States Pipe and Foundry Company, dated November-
30, 1956, being Project No. 803-11A-56 of the Water and Sewer Program,
whereby the City of Paris agreed to purchase, and the United States Pipe
and Foundry Company, a corporation, agreed to furnish 27,000 pounds of
cast iron fittings, and said fittings contracted for were of the bell
and spigot type fittings, and is Item 7-A in the above mentioned con-
tract; and,
WHEREAS, it has been called to the attention of the City Council
of the City of Paris by the Engineers on such project that it is most
desirable to have the belland spigot fittings substituted with mechanical
joint fittings for the following reasonss
(1) The total cost will be less to the City of Paris because
of the lighter weight in the large sizes and quantities
being purchased.
(2) That the City of Paris anticipates that a lower bid
will be received for the installation of such fittings
because of the ease with which mechanical joint
fittings can be installed, thereby reducing the cost
of installation.
(a) The mechanical joint fittings will speed up the
installation of the lines anticipated.
(3) The United States Pipe and Foundry Company by its
letter of April 3, 1957 has furnished its consent to
the cancellation of Item No. 7-A, in the amount of
27,000 pounds of bell and spigot fittings.
(4) That the United States Pipe and Foundry Company has
agreed to the above installation and to bid on a
competitive basis for the mechanical joint fittings;
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESO LVED BY THE CITY OpUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, That
Item No. 7-A in the contract between the City of Paris and United States
Pipe and Foundry Company, which contract is dated November 30, 1956, be,
and the same is hereby cancelled. That the City Manager of the City of
Paris is hereby instructed to furnish United States Pipe and Foundry
Company a copy of this resolution.
Passed and adopted this/bth day of April, A. D., 1957.
ATTEST:
City Clerk.
APPROVED AS T0 FORM:
City Attorney.
Mayor