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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-10-1924 Regular MeetingMinutes of Regular Adjourned Meeting of the City Council of the City of Ulermont, held October loth, 1924, at 2:00 o'clock P. M. The 'ity Uouncil of the Uity of Clermont met in regular adjourned meeting at the usgal meeting place of the Council on October loth, 1924, at 2:00 o'clock P. M. Present; Messrs. H. L. House, H. C. Brown, Wm. Bess, D. J. '!'testbrook;Councilmen; W. N. McKinney, M%ror, B. W. Wait, City Attorney, A. P. Gibwon, City r'ngineer and Edythe M. Litsrodt, Clerk. Absent; Isam Blackburn. The meeting was presided over by Mr. H. L House, President of the City Council. Thereupon, Mr. H. Be House, President of the City ''ouncil, announced that the `'ity Council'would receive bids of the material, equipment and labor for the proposed street ipprovements in the Uity of Clermont, pursuant to the provisions of a notice published in the Clermont Presson September 18th, 25th, October 2nd and 9th, 1924. Thereupon, there were submitted the following bids: NAME OF BIDDER AND TOTAL AMCUNT OF BID TYPE OF BASE AND PAVEMENTS $OS, JERNIGAN & CO. N. A. CASH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY ROLLED STONE BASE 6" TRICK FINLEY MET. TYPE "B" SURFACE $49,948.70 $54#401.80 Thereupon, the City Council went into executive session for the purpose of aasidering said bids. Thereupon, said Uity Council having considered all of the said b ids, upon motion made by Councilman Brown, seconded by Councilman Bess, the following resolution was, upon roll call vote, unanimously adoptedt WHEREAS, The City Council has considered all of th6 bids this day submitted for furnishing all material, equipment and labor for constructing, grad- ing pavibg and otherwise improving certain streets and avenues withft the corporate limits of the City of `'lermomt, pursuant to the provisions of a certain resolution passed and adopted by the City Council on the 9th day of September, 1924; and yffM1EAS, it appears from an examination of said bids that it is expedient and to the best interests of the City Council of th:: City of b'lermont and its pre p- fi f arty owners to construct the paving on said streets and avenuev upon a six inch rolled stone base, and to surface the same with Finley Method Type "B" pavement; and WHEREAS, it further appears from an examination of said bids that the bid of Cox, Jernigan & Company, in the sum of $49,948.70 for such type of pavement, is the lowest and least bid submitted; NOW, THEREFORZ BE IT RESOLVED, That the bid of Cox,Jernigan and Compny of Clermont, Lake Uounty, Florida, in the sum of $49,948.70, 4or con- structing, grading, paving andotherwise improving certain streets and avenues with- in the corporate limits of theCity of Clermont, pursuant to the provisions of a resolution passed by the City Council on the 9th day of September, 1924; said paving to be constructed upon a six inch rolled stone base, and to be surfaced with Finley Method Tape "B" pavement - be, add the s me is hereby accepted and the contract therefore ordered let to the said Cox, Jernigan & Company BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the said Contractors be, and they are hereby required to forthwith to furnish a good and sufficient surety bond in the sum of Twenty-four Thousand Nine Eundred Sevent#-four and 35/100 Dollars ($24,974.35) for the faithful performance of said contract; said bond to be approved by the Mayor and City Clerk of said City of Clermont; and BE IT FURTHER ROSOLVEDa That the Mayor and City Clerk be, and they are hereby authorized and instftoted forthwith to enter into a contract with the said Contractors, said contract to be executed pursuant to the provisions of the plans, specifications and proposals heretofore adopted by the said City Council. Thereupon, upon motion duly made and carried.9 all other bids sub- mi.tted were rejected by the City council, and the Uity.Clerk was instructed to return to each of the unsuccessful bidders the certified checks respectively attached to each of said bids. Thereupon, upon motion made and carried, the Uity dounoil adjourned to meet at 100 o'clock on October llth, for the purpose of receiving bids for the sale of Improvement Bonds of said City of Clermont, in the sum of $40,000.00. APproved - WesW entsUity ounc Attest: City Clerk. Ei,�hth Street from Lontr•ose Street to Desoto St. Desoto from Fifth Street to Seventh Street Osceola Street from Seventh S+reet to Ei•rhth St. Fourth Street from Vlontvose Street to Osceola St, Chestnut Street from Sixth Street to Seventh St; and directed the City Enginerr to prepare Rnrl file in the office of the City Clerk revised plans, specifications and of the proposed improvements and profiles of the' streets and described in said original resolution, as amended; and 7hereas, revised plans, specifications and estimates of the proposed improvements and profiles of the streets and ave., Ls deFcribt•d in said amended resolution, were prepared by A.P. Gibson, City En-;ineer, and were duly filed in the office of the City Clerk for public inspection as provided by law; and ;whereas, in accordance with said ori•7,inal resolution and the amendment thereto, the City C1erk.and.Tax kssessor made and prepared an assessment roll in accordance with the method of assessment provided for in said resolution, assessing all logs Pnd.lands boundinT and abuttin? on such proposed improvement:: between and includin? the termini of such improvements on the streets and avenues described in*said resolution, and by said. special asees�.ments distributed upon the several lots fronting and abuttin:_; on each of said streets and avenues to be im- proved and paved in proportion to the frontage thereon, the total cost bf said improvements to be borne by the property t. owners ovmin�; property abutting* and fronting upon the streets and avenues so to be improved as aforesaid ; and Whereas, upon the completion of said special assess- ment roll, the said City Clerk abd Tax Assessor filed same in M q-. the office of the said City Clerk, and caused notice to be published rs required by the provisions of Chapter 9298, Acts of the Legislature above eet forth, to the o?mer of each lot or parcel of land to be specially assessed in connection with said improvements, sittin:*, forth the time and place where complaints mi-pht be heard before the said City Council sitting; as an equalizin^ board; and Whereas, at the time and place stated in said notice to said property owners to-ait: oii the 7th day of October, 1924, at the office of the City Clerk in the said City of Clermont, the City Council met at 1.30 P.M. on said dace to hear all com:laints and objections 4s to said assessment as aforesaid; and .f Whereas, at Laid time. and- ,jla(.e no object ons(we)e matte to the assessment roll as prepared by the said City C erk and Tax Assessor; -Now, THRR s�'Ok-_? BE IT RES)LV •D, That the improve- ments on all of the streets and avenues described and set forth in said assessment roll shall proceed iii accordance h the Provisions of the resolution pas-ed by the City Collnci.l of the City of Clermont on the 15th day of September, 1924, and the plans and spedifications eoverinr; said oroposed im.irovements Of said streets and avenues now on file in the office of the City Clerk and that the said special assessments heretofore made by the City Clerk and Tax Assessor as set forht in the assessment roll prepared by them against all lots and lands bo>> din* and abizttin�; upon the streets and avenues aforesaid noa proposed to be improved in;he manner aforesaid be, and the same are hereby'gqualized, approved and confirmed by the Uity Council of the City of Clermont, and from this date shall be and remain legal, valid and bindin, liens udon the property against which said asse sments.are made, until paid; and BEIT FURTHTF RRSOI•VED,That the said special assessments hereby levied, imuosed and asFes'ced aTain-'t all Prop- erty abuttin7 and fr .ntin ; upon the streets and a eriue- t) b^ in - Proved as afroesaid, shall be payrible in the manner prescribed and Fet forth in the resolution heretofore adopted by the City Council of the City of aClermont of the 13th dray of Septembcr,1924.