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~~ ADJOURNED rEElING HEW ON DECE!~BE't 22, 1958 2ng On the 22nd day of December, 1958, the Governing Body af the City of San Marcos met in adjourned session at 7:00 o'clock P.M., Mayor C. M. Allen presiding. Present wore: Mayor Aldermen C. M. Allen S. ft. Beecroft W. M. Davis B. D. Hi llburn Herman Korff H. W. Steakley I City Manager B. R. Fuller News Heporter Lee Harr James Tuttle The meeting was called to order by Mayor Allen. My. Tuttle was granted permission to present his request that an al"ea in Highland Terrace be armexed to the City. After a discussion on the request, Alderman Steakley made a motion, seconded by A ldsrman Hillbur"n, that the area be accepted into the City upon completion or the necessary requirement and approval by the City Attorney. Upon roll call the ayes and nays. were as follows: Ayes: Aldermen Beecroft Davis Hi llburn Korff Steakley Nayes: None Mayor Allen declared the motion oassed and reQuested flllr. Tuttle to contact the Ci ty Attorney for preparation of'the petition "and other requirements 'J'Jhich ';~ill have to be fulfilled. I The members of the Governing Body reviewed the bids WOlcn had been re- ceived on the Lift Station Improvements_ All the bids were carefully studied. The Mayor reques~ed the City Manager to give an opinion a:..~ to the award and more especially if th~ informality in the OU Plumbing Company bid constituted suffi- cient reason for disqualification. City Manager Fuller reported that, in his opinion, there were two items to be considercdt 1. SUbmission of a bid bond instead of a Cashiers Check as reqLi:rscJ in the ~oltce to Bidders. It appeared to be within the power of the City Council to waive this in- formality as the ~ity had reserved this right in the bid advertisement and instructions, whQn it is to the best interest of the City to do so, and; 2. Failure on the part of the bidder to state the completion time in working days in his bid proposal. It would appear that the actual stating of a specifj.c completion time could be determined as unnecessary when the Special Conditions of the Specifications state IIA maximum number of one hundred and twenty (120) working days is established for completion of the project. In his bid, the Contractor shall estimate his Gompl.etion time, if less tha.n 2bove stated.tI There seems to be no burden, therefore, on the Contractor to state any completion time unless it is other than one hundred twenty (120) days~ I The City Manager told the Council thet the Engineer, Mr. Hugh Dickson, had recommended award. to the lOIfJest bidder and that he, the City Manager, concurred in this recommendatiorl in that he believed that the best interest of the City could be served by awarding to the lowest bidder. Alderman Uavis made a motion, seconded by Alderman Steakley, that the low bid Df the Ot-t Plumbing Company, in the amount of Twelve Thousand Eight frundred Eighcy-Four and NO/100 Dollars ($12,884.00) be accepted, pending appro- val and concurrance by the State Health Deoartment and the U. S. Public Health Service. Upo~ roll call the ayes and naves were: Ayes: Aldermen Beecroft t;lr:l Davis ~,c:r: Hill!Jurn ;:c Korff ~.... '.... ~~teakley 00:t ~ Nayes, None