HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 427
ORDINANCE NO. 427
AS ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE RECEIVING OF BIDS AND THE LETTING
OF A CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS IN SPECIAL
lMPROVtMEI ' DISTRICT NO. 73.
• BE I•r ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAUREL:
Section 1. That at 7;30 o'clock P. M. on Tuesday the July
3rd, 1951, tYs City Council of the City of Laurel will receive
sealed bids for the construction of improvements in Special
Improvement District No. 73, according to the plans and specif-
ications thereof on file and of record in the office of the City
Clerk and City Engineer of the City of Laurel, Montana; said
improvements to consist of the grading, scarifying, surfacing,
and laying of an oiled mat Twenty-four (2)+) feet wide in the
center of the following described streets and avenues: Alder
Avenue between 16ixth street and the Southerly City Limits;, Idaho,
Washington, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Montana Avenues
between Sixth Street and Main Street; Ohio Avenue between Fourth
Street and Main Street; Sixth Street between First Avenue and
Alder Avenue; Fifth Street between Alder Avenue and First Avenue;
Fourth Street between Ohio Avenue and First Avenue; Third Street
between Pennsylvania Avenue and First Avenue; First Street between
Alder Avenue and north and south alley between First Avenue and
Second Avenue; aggregating the placing of approximately Sixty
Thousand, Two Hundred Seventy"Five (609275) square yards of oiled
pavying, according to the plans and specifications adopted and
approved by the City Council;
That the approximate cost of the said improvements is
hereby estimated to be the sum of $23,199.00. Said improvements
to be fully completed on or before the 15th day of Se-pyember 1-951.
Section 2. That the City Council shall, and does, hereby
reserve the right to reject any and all bids.
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Section 3• That the City Clerk is hereby authorized and
directed to publish notice inviting; sealed bids, stating the time
when and the place where said bids will be received by the City
Council. Such publication to be made in the Laurel Outlook, a
weekly newspaper published and circulated in the City of Laurel,
in the r egular issues thereof on the 6th and 13th days of July, 1951.
Section 4. If the owners of three-fourths (3/4) of the
frontage of lots and lands within said District liable to b e
assessed, or their agents, f ail to elect to take such work and
enter into a written contract to do the whole work at a price at
least five per cent (5y6) less than the price at which the same
shall be awarded, within three (3) days after the awarding of said
contract to successfubidder as r a?o? vid?d by Secti xw?j 233 ?e p? ?7
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Revised Codes of Montana, 1935, en successful bidder shall
immediately make and execute with the City of Laurel, a contract
in duplicate and in,accordance with the provisions with this
"rdinance and all other ordinances, notices and resolutions con-
certing this Improvement District. Said contract, on the part
of the City of -+aurel, shall be executed in the name of the City
of Laurel by its Mayor and attested by its Clerk.
Section 5. That upon the execution and delivery of said
contract to either the successful contractor or contracting
owners, he or they thall give to the City of Laurel a bond in the
sum of not :Less than twenty-five per cent. (25%) of the total
estimated cost of the inpp.oAmmentss to be made, same to b e approved
by the Mayor and City Councils conditioned to the effect that such
contractor or dontraoting owners shall well and truly perform all
the terms and conditions of said contract and shall save the City
of Laurel harmless from negligence or vAllf?aul acts of s aid con.,
tractor or contracting owners or his or their agents, servants,
representatives, employees or sub.-contractors in performing the
terms and conditions of said contract and in making said improve.
mentss. The conditions of said bond shall be as follows:,
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The said contractor shall well and truly per-
form his part of said contract and each and
every covenant therein contained and shall
indemnify and save harmless the City of Laurel
from any and all damage which it may sustain
by reasons of liens for labor and materials fur.
nished for said work, or by reason of the
failure of the said contractor to pay the
wages and earnings of any laborers or mechanics
employed by him as such contractor in and about
such work; or by reason of his failure to pay
for any materials provided or goods of any kind
furnished; or by reason of any just debts in"
cur red in carrying on said work; and if the
contractor shall pay to the City of Laurel all
sums of money, damages, or costs and a xpenses
which it may be compelled to pay or which it
may sustain by reason of his or their failure
as aforesaid, and if the contractor or con.
tractors shall pay all laborers, mechanics
and material, men and persons who have supplied
goods and materials of any kind, all just debts
to such persons or to any persons to whom any
part of the work was given, and shall indemnify
and save harmless the City of Laurel for or on
account of any injuries or damages, received or
sustained, by any person or persons, by or from
the acts or negligence of said contractor or
contractors, his or their agents, servants or
employees in doing the work therein specified,
or by or in consequence of any negligence in
guarding the same, and that all of said work
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and improvements shall be done and fully com-
pleted on or before the day of
1951, and shall be andremain in permanent
and good condition for a period of thirty (30)
days after the date of its acceptance by the
city Council, and free from all deterioration
in accordance wi11h the provisions of said con,*
tract and the component parts thereof, then
this obligation to be void, otherwise to be in
full force and effect.
Section b. That each of said bids shall be accompanied by
an unconditional certified check made payable to the City of Laurel
in the sum of at least ten per cent. (10%) of the bid, drawn on
some responsible bank. If such bid be accepted and the bidder
complies with the terms of this ordinance as to making, executing
and delivering to the City of Laurel said contract and bond as
heretofore provided, then said check shall, without delay, be
returned to said bidder, otherwise said check and the proceeds
thereof shall be forfeited to the said City of Laurel. The checks
bf bidders other than the successful bidder shall be returned after
the contract hasl been awarded, provided however, that all checks
may be retained until the contract has been executed between the
City and the successful bidder at the option of the City Council.
Section 7. That all payments for the corffitruction of said
improvements shall be made in bonds drawn on the Fund of Special
Improvement District No. 73 on the estimate of the City Engineer,
approved by the City Council immediately after the second regular
meeting of the City Councileach month, provided, however, that
said contractor or contractors have paid for the labor performed
and materials used in said improvements and the a ppurtenanees
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thereto. Ten per cent. (10%) of all estimates shall be reserved
until the final completion of said improvements and their accep,
tance by the City Council at which time f inal settlement will be
made in the manner set out.
Section 8. That the successful contractor or w ntractors
shall receive such bonds in payment of said improvements at their
full face value and he or they and all owners and holders of such
bonds shall rely exclusively on the funds on which said bonds are
drawn for payment.
Section 9. That the City Engineer include in the final
estimate such sums as he shall estimate to be necessary to cover
the actual cost of engineering, Inspecting, printing, legal
expenses, preparation of assessment rolls and other incidental
expenses properly charged against said Distract. The contractor
dha]Ll pay to the City Treasurer, in cash, the amount so included
and shall receive bonds against the District for the amount so
paid.
Section 10. ThtLt the contractor or contractors shall pay
and deposit with the Industrial Accident Board at rlelena, Montm a,
such an amount as shall be required by law under his or their
contract as a guaranty for the payment of the premium assessments
necessary to be paid by such 'contractor aspro vided by the laws
of the State of Montana relative to Workmen's Compensation and
shall deposit with the City Clerk a?oreceipt:- showing compliance
with this pCovision before he shall receive the payment of such
bonds or warrants due on the final estimate.
Section 11. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict and inconsistent with the terms of this Ordinance are
hereby repealed.
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Passed by the City Council and approved by thin Mayor this
5th day of June, 1951.
APPROVED:
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Peter D. Thomson., Mayor
ATTEST
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