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ORD CC 12/03/1928 - purchase & const. of fire stationXW r x C AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUITTSVILLE, TEXAS, DETERMINING THE NECESSITY AND ADVISABILITY OF THE PURCHASE OR THE PURCHASE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A FIRE STATION AND MUNICIPAL BUILDING FOR THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, UM TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAr,,UNT ")F THE COST OF SUCH PURCHASE OR PURCHASE AND CONSTRUCTION BY THE IS- SUR TCE_QE/ NON - NEGOTIABLE WARRANTS AND THE LEVY -'' Oyu' A SUFFICIENT TAX THEREFOR OVER A PERIOD OF YI ARS, AND DECLARING AN E11ERGENCY: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, IN COUNCIL ASSEMBLED: THLkT, it appearing to the City Council of the City of Huntsville, Texas, that it is necessary and advisable that there be purchased or purchased and constructed a suitable building for the use of the City of Huntsville as a fire station and a municipal building: IT IS THE 21F ORE ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF Tom+; CITY OF HUNT SV ILLE , AS FOLLOWS: I - -That the Hon.Sam McKinney, Mayor of the City of Huntsville, Texas, shall be sand is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase a suitable lot or parcel of land, within the corporate limits of the City of Huntsville, Texas, for the use of said City in the construction of a building, to be known as a fire station and municipal building, for said City of Huntsville, Texas; and said Mayor is further authorized and empowered to procure proper deed of conveyance covering such loc=ation, when found. II - -That the said Hon.Sam McKinney, ha.yor of Huntsville, Texas, is further authorized to procure from some competent architect suitable plans and specifications for the construction of a building to be used by said City as a fire station and municipal building, and, when such plans and specifications have been procured, the same shall be submitted to the City Council, for its approval, and if and when approved, bids for the construction of such fire station and municipal building shall be advertised for by the !,Tayor, in accordance with such plans and specifications. III - -That a proper and suitable contract be entered into by and between the City of Huntsville, Texas, and the lowest and best bidder, for the construction of such fire station and municipal building, in accordance with the plans and specifications so to be adopted and the advertisement, as aforesaid, the contractor to be required to give suitable bond, as required by law, in a sum not less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), with some solvent Surety Company as surety thereon, to be approved by the r.ayor or the City Council of said City of Huntsville, Texas. IV.- -That, in order to pay and provide for the payment of the cost of the purchase or purchase and construction of such fire station and municipal building, as soon as the contract can be let and the estimated cost of such building determined 'non- negotiable warrants of the City of Huntsville, Texas, in the amount necessary therefor, shall be issued under and by virtue of proper Ordinance and other proceedings, providing for same, to be payable serially, over a term of years, not to exceed thirty (30) years, after the date thereof, and the tax, at the necessary and proper rate, shall-be levied for the current year and every year thereafter,so :long as said warrants, or any of the:, are outstanding, sufficient to -2- pay the annual interest thereon, and to pay off said warrants, as same mature. V. - -In the meantime, the said City of Huntsville, Texas, shall lend its credit, as may be necessary, for the purchase or the purchase and construction of said fire station and municipal building, not to exceed the total actual cost of said fire station and municipal building, which said cost, when determined, shall be merged into and evidenced-.by a se r_iees off non - negotiable warrants, to be issued in accordance with this Ordinance and the further proceedings by the City Council, as is provided by law. The above and foregoing ordinance was submitted to the Committee on Ordinances, at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City of Huntsville, Texas, and by said Committee referred back to the Council, with recommendation that the said be adopted, and the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted and approved in open Council, as of the 3rd day of Dece ' er, 1928. 2,1 OR, CITY OF 1TSVILLE, XAS. A Zs X", CITY SECRETARY. V/ NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received at the office of the City Secretary of the City of Huntsville, Texas, s until the � day of March, 1929, at o'clock, /' M. , for furnishing the labor and materials necessary for the erection and completion of a two story brick fire station and municipal building for the City of Huntsville, Texas, according to plans and specifi- cations adopted by the City Council of the-City of Huntsville,Texas, at an adjourned meeting held on the 19th day of February, 1929. Plans and specifications now on file with the City Secretary of said City, at her office in Huntsville, Texas, may be inspected by prospective bidders. A certified check in the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) shall accompany each bid, to guarantee the execution of a contract and bond on the part of the successful bidder to whom the contract may be awarded. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids submitted. WITNESS Iff HAND, at Huntsville, Texas, this � day of February, 1929. IaY0 , CITY OF SVILI.E, T]+,XAS. ATTEST: ZITY SECRETARY.