HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 10.08.1906 - Public ImprovementsAN ORDINANCE REGULATING CONTRACTS FOR PUBLIC I29WVE22NTS.
B.B IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Georgetown, Texas thats
Section 1. All impovements that may be ordered to be
let out by contract shall be contracted for with the lowest
and best bidder at the option of the City Council, and notiee
for bids shall be published once in the official paper and
such contract shall not be lot until five days after such pub-
lication. All bids shall be received at the Mayor's office,
marked to indicate for what work intended, and addressed to
the Mayor, who, with one member of the Committee on Public
Improvements, or the City Secretary, shall sign a record of
all such bids, kept in a bound book, and also of their awarding
each and every case, which award shell be reported to the
City Council for final action.
Section 2. The City reserves the right to reject any
and all bids, and, in the event of failure on the part of the
successful bidder for any public work to furnish good and
sufficient security for the performance of his contract or to
completes his contract with the City, the work shall again be
advertised for bids as in the first instance.
Section 3. Mach and every contract for public work shall
be let upon written specifications, and the manner of inspec-
tion and approval of the work upon completion shall be set
forth in the contract, as well as the matter of payment, and
the Mayor shall require from every contractor for work done for
the City a good and sufficient bond securing the City against
liens, suits and damages arising from failure on the part of
the contractors to pay either for labor or material or both.
Section 4. Upon the completion of any contract, it shall
be the duty of the contractor to call upon the Mayor, who with
at least a majority of the committee on Public Improvements,
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shall carefully examine the work and certify whether
the work is done in accordance with the plans and specifi-
cations$ and, upon such certificate being made, the con.
tractor shall then present his bill to the Council at its
first subsequent meeting, accompained by such certificate,
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PAISED AND AIPROVED this 8th day of October A.D. 1906.
R.R. Ward,
Mayor.
'ATTBSTs Geo. Keah_ey,
Secretary.
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