Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-02-14
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plank.
9. THUENTE BRIDGE. SwA NEA
Section Is, Washington Township. Steel
pony truss SIS TT. span, wood floor, 10
IT. roadway. reinforced concrete abut-
ments and wings Is f. Gin over all
SEA NEA Section IA. Madison Town
| ship. stone abutments and wings for
| old 45 TT. steel truss with 10 TT. road
way, contractor to construct stone
AT noon the Board on motion adj
| journed till 1870 p. m.
1880 p. m. Wednesday, February Z,
1917.
The Board met as per adjournment
and was called to order by the tempo
| rary Chairman. Members present We're
j. S. Williams, J. p. Kuhn, O. C. Hau-
gen. and o. l.. Saxvick.
| Moved, seconded and carried that the
| bills as audited be allowed and the
| Auditor instructed to issue warrants
against the proper funds in payment of
| the same.
Moved, seconded and carried that the
| following refunds be allowed:
Christian Ellingson, $3.50 on account
| of erroneous taxation on moneys and
credits in DEBORAH Corporation for the
year 1916.
John Houdek. 18 cents on account of
erroneous assessment in Calmar Town
ship for the year 1915
| Joseph Houdek. SO cents on account
Township for the year 1915.
Walter Nelson, $1.00 on account of
! erroneous assessment of Dog Tax in
Ossian Corporation for the year 1915.
The matter of corrugated culverts
and reinforcing steel and other bridge
| material was then taken up, and the
following resolution was on motion
adopted:
RESOLVED
BE IT RESOLVED. by the Board of
Supervisors of Winneshiek County,
Iowa, that the County Auditor shall be
authorized to advertise for bids on the
following named material. f. O., 3. cars
any station in Winneshiek County,
Iowa. All material to conform to the
| specifications of the Iowa State High
way Commission.
Boiler Pipe and Corrugated Culvert
Pipe. sizes IL inch, Is inch. and IS
! inch. Bids to be per foot. Minimum
amount 100000, maximum amount
Six cars, 10000 TT. inch by IL inch
by 16 IT.. IS IT.. and 20 IT Fir Plank,
Bids to be per 1000 IT..
Two ea Gso 1900 lbs Iscn reinforcing
$4,000 lbs. y inch steel.
One car, 1000 TT. Red Cedar piling in
IA, 16. Is and 20 foot lengths
The County reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
All bids to be on file in the Office Of
the County Auditor in DEBORAH, Iowa.
by 10 O'Clock a. m. March 9Th. 1917.
l.. C. Christen, County Treasurer. at
this session reported on the sale of the
$4,000 Funding Bonds to Geo. NJ.
Bechtel of Davenport, Iowa. He re-
ported that he had received the money
as follows: Sale of Bonds. $75,000.00.
Premium $1.77L00. Accrued Interest.
$97.39.
The matter OF printing and buying
supplies for the various offices was
then taken up and the following reso-
luton was on motion adopted:
| WHEREAS. the present method of
purchasing printed matter and Office
supplies for the various Offices in the
court house is not economical. be 1t
RESOLVED. that. as per section 46S
of the Code. all blanks. books, station
cry and all printed supplies for the
county officials will be purchased by
the board of Supervisors through the
County Auditor; that all purchases
shall be made on competitive basis
whenever possible to do So and that
the purchases Of such supplies shall
conform to the following method as
closely as possible. until further notice:
Each official will leave requests for
such supplies as he needs with samples
and specifications. with the County
Auditor. on the first and third Tues
days of each month at 2:30 p. m. the
various items will be offered for bid
the Auditor specifying when bids must
be in. If there are no bids, the Auditor
will make the purchases to the best
possible advantage on the open market
In case of bids, the order is to be given
to the lowest responsible bidder. The
right to reject any or all bids shall be
reserved The Auditor will combine or
ders from different offices in order to
obtain the lowest possible prices.
This resolution shall take effect al
once upon publishing of same in the
regular Board Proceedings