ORD 1998-34 - C.O. For 1998 Or Newer Diesel 11-17-1998ORDINANCE NO. 98 -34
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE TO
BIDDERS AND NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES
OF OBLIGATION FOR ONE NEW AND UNUSED 1998 OR NEWER
DIESEL, MEDIUM DUTY TRUCK CAB AND CHASSIS; AND MAKING
VARIOUS PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE,
TEXAS, that:
SECTION 1: The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be
published a notice to bidders and notice to issue Certificates of Obligation
in substantially the following form:
NOTICE TO BIDDERS AND NOTICE OF INTENTION
TO ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION
BID NO. 99 -8
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN tbat the City of Huntsville, Texas, is accepting bids for the purchase of one (1)
new and unused 1998 or newer diesel, medium duty truck cab & chassis which will be used in the Sanitation
Division for container maintenance. Bids will be accepted until 2.00p.m., Monday, December 7,1998, in the
City Secretary's Office located at 1212 Avenue M, Huntsville, Texas. Bids will be opened in the council
chambers, also located at 1212 Avenue M, beginning at 2:00 p. m. Ybe City Council tentatively proposes to let
a contract forsuch purpose and to authorize issuance of a Certificate of Obligation, in accordance with the terms
andprovisions of tbis notice, at its December 15, 1998, meeting or at a subsequent meeting of the City Council
in City Hall.
Copies of specifications are on file and may be obtained or examined at the office of the Purchasing Department
at City Hall at 1212 Avenue M.
7be City reserves the right to accept any bid deemed most advantageous, including alternates, to reject any or
all bids, and to waive any informality.
It is the intention of the City to pay all or any part of any contractual obligation to be incurred forsuch purcbase
by the issuance of a Certificate of Obligation of the City pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Chapter 271
and payable from City ad valorem taxes, in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $40,000, bearing
interest at a rate not in excess of that prescribed by Texas Revised Civil Statutes Article 717k -2, and maturing
over a period of years not to exceed 20 years from the date thereof. 7be successful bidder will be required to accept
the Certificate of Obligation in payment of all or any part of the contract price. The City Council has made
provisions for each contractor to sell and assign the Certificate of Obligation and each bidder is required to elect
whether the contractor will accept the Certificate in payment of all or a part of the contract price, or assign the
Certificate in accordance with such arrangements.
To be published November 22 and 29, 1998.
SECTION 2: The notice set forth in Section 1 shall be published once a week for two (2)
consecutive weeks in the Huntsville Item, a paper that is of general circulation in
the City of Huntsville and that has been duly designated as the official newspaper
of the City. The date of first publication shall not be less than fourteen (14) days
prior to the date set in the notice for the receipt and opening of bids by the City.
SECTION 3: This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect immediately after its
passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 17th day of November, 1998.
THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS
William B. Green, Mayor
ATTES
Danna Welter, City Secretary