ORD 1988-03 - Sanitation - Landfill Scales 02-23-1988ORDINANCE NO. 88-3
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE TO
BIDDERS AND NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES
OF OBLIGATION FOR LANDFILL SCALES, AND MAKING VARIOUS
PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, that:
Section 1: The City Secretary 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 CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION
LANDFILL SCALES
BID NO. 88 -9
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Huntsville, Texas, is now
accepting sealed bids for a Landfill Scales. Bids will be received
until 2 P.M., Wednesday, March 9, 1988, in the City of Huntsville
Council Chambers, 1212 Avenue M. The City Council tentatively proposes
to let a contract for such purpose and to authorize issuance of
certificates of obligation, in accordance with the terms and provisions
of this notice, at its March 15, 1988, 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 of the City at the City Service
Center, 80 Highway 75 North.
The 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 for such purchases by the issuance
of certificates of obligation of the City pursuant to Chapter 271 of the
Texas Local Government Code and payable from City ad valorem taxes, in
the maximum aggregate principal amount of $50,000.00, bearing interest
at a rate not in excess of that prescribed by Texas Revised Civil
Statutes Art. 717k -2, and maturing over a period of years not to exceed
20 years from the date thereof.
The successful bidder will be required to accept such certificates 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
such certificates of obligation and each bidder is required to elect
whether he will accept such certificate in payment of all or a part of
the contract price, or assign such certificates in accordance with such
arrangements.
Section 2: The notice shall be published once a week for two (2) consecutive
weeks in 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 said notice
for the receipt of bids.
Section 3: This ordinance shall take effect immediately after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this day of
APP ED AS TO FORM:
Scott Bounds, City Attorney
1988.
THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS
By
a"& onday, Mayor