HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/29/1947 - Regular Minutes - City CouncilMINUTES OF CALLED MEETING
August 29, 1947
Members present: Mayor Langford; Councilmen Ames, Badgett, Brown and
Orr -.City Engineer Benson; City Secretary McGinnis; and City Manager
Vaughn.
Visitors present: Fifteen property owners on Cooner Street and a
representative from each of the bidding contractors*
The purpose of the meeting was to open bids as advertised on the paving
of Cooner Street. The sealed bids were opened as follows:
Dale Construction Company, Bryan, Texas
No, 1 2630 linea feet curb and gutter @ $$1.25 $$3287.50
No. 2 3607 square yards paving
#1 Uvalde Rock Asphalt @ $1.62 5843.34
#2 Double Asphalt Surface Treatment $$1,30 4689wlO
O'Neal Construction Company, Dallas, Texas
No. 1 2630 lineak feet curb and gutter @ $1.65 4339.50
No. 2 3607 square yards paving
#1 Uvalde Rock Asphalt @ $$2,15 7755.05
#2 Double Asphalt Surface Treatment @ $p2.00 7214.00
R. B. Butler, Bryan, Texas
No. 1 2630 lineak feet curb and gutter @ $$1.65 4339.50
No. 2. 3607 square yards paving
#1 Uvalde Rock Asphalt @ $1.92 6925.44
#2 Double Asphalt Surface Treatment @ $$1.45 523015
C. L. Andrews, Bryan, Texas
No. 1 2630 lineal(_feet curb and gutter @ $$1.50 3945.00
No, 2 3607 square yards paving
I1 Uvalde Rock Asphalt @ $$1.87 6945.09
2 Double Asphalt Surface Treatment 053 $$1.40 5049,80,
The Cooner Street property owners present unanimously selected the Uvalde
Rock Asphalt as the type paving they desired and the tabulation of the bids
as offered made the Dale Construction Company the low bidder; their bid
being for $$9,130,.84..
Councilman Badgett made a motion that the contract for paving Cooner Street
be let to the Dale Construction Company for $$9,130.84. The motion was
seconded by Councilman Ames and the Council vote was unanimous in favor of
the motion. /06,
Councilman Badgett made a motion that the Council award the contract for
construction of the City Vlarehouse and Office building to C. L. Andrews,
Bryan, Texas whose bid was low, opened at a previous called meeting of the
Council. The motion was seconded by Councilman Ames and the Council vote
was unanimous in favor of the motion.
Councilman Badgett introduced a resolution and moved its adoption. The
motion was seconded by Councilman Brown. The motion carrying with it the
adoption of the resolution, prevailed by the unanimous vote of the Council.
Page 2, Minutes of Called Meeting, August 29, 1947
The resolution is as follows:
Whereas, the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas, has accepted
the bid of Clarence Andrews, Contractor, as the lowest secure bid for the
construction of a city warehouse and office, and
Whereas, the City of College Station does not have funds available to finance
the construction of a city warehouse and office, and
Whereas, the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas, deems it
advisable and to the best interests of said City to issue warrants of the
City of College Station for the construction of a city warehouse and office;
Therefore, be it resolved and ordered by the City Council of the City of College
Station, Texas;
That warrants of the City of College Station, to be called "City of College
Station Warehouse Warrants" be issued for the purpose of financing the
construction of a city warehouse and office, and
That the Mayor and City Manager are authorized to proceed with the details
necessary to the issuance of such warrants.
Ap ed:
Mayor
Attest: I ,
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City Secretary
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